Which to use
“yesterday” is a noun and “yesterday's” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,325
- “yesterday” frequency rank
- #12,719
- “yesterday's” frequency rank
- 14044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yesterday | yesterday's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The day immediately before today; one day ago. | Of or relating to yesterday. (This entry is a translation hub.) |
Letter map: yesterday vs yesterday's
Shared letters muted; letters that set yesterday and yesterday's apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yesterday is anoun and yesterday'sanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “yesterday” sits inside “yesterday's”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yesterday is recorded at frequency rank #1,325, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈjɛstədeɪ/. yesterday's is at rank #12,719, tagged as anadj.
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 14044, this pair ranks #472,375 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of yesterday vs yesterday's
Shared letters: adersty. Private to "yesterday": -. Private to "yesterday's": -.
"yesterday" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVV · "yesterday's" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- yesterday ← eysterday · yesetrday · yessterday · yestedray · yesterady · yesterdayy · yesterdday · yesterdya