Which to use
“yesterday's” is an adjective and “yesterdays” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,719
- “yesterday's” frequency rank
- #49,734
- “yesterdays” frequency rank
- 62453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yesterday's | yesterdays |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of or relating to yesterday. (This entry is a translation hub.) | plural of yesterday. |
Letter map: yesterday's vs yesterdays
Shared letters muted; letters that set yesterday's and yesterdays apart highlighted. Shared run: 10.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yesterday's is anadjective and yesterdaysanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yesterday's is recorded at frequency rank #12,719, classified as anadj. yesterdays is at rank #49,734, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 62453, this pair ranks #88,441 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yesterday's vs yesterdays
Shared letters: adersty. Private to "yesterday's": -. Private to "yesterdays": -.
"yesterday's" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC · "yesterdays" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- yesterdays ← eysterdays · yesetrdays · yessterdays · yestedrays · yesteradys · yesterdasy · yesterdayss · yesterdayys