Which to use
“yoke” is a noun and “your” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,982
- “yoke” frequency rank
- #31
- “your” frequency rank
- 26013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yoke | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Senses relating to a frame around the neck. | Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). |
Where the eye mixes yoke and your
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: yoke is /jəʊk/ while your is /jɔː(ɹ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yoke is recorded at frequency rank #25,982, classified as anoun, pronounced /jəʊk/. your is at rank #31, tagged as adet, pronounced /jɔː(ɹ)/.
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 26013, this pair ranks #389,884 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of yoke vs your
Shared letters: oy. Private to "yoke": ek. Private to "your": ru.
"yoke" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC