Which to use
“year” is a noun and “your” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,594
- “year” frequency rank
- #5,091
- “your” frequency rank
- 22685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | year | your |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Année, durée de 365 jours correspondant à une révolution de la Terre autour du Soleil. | Ton, ta, tes, votre, vos. |
Where the eye mixes year and your
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between year and your
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: year is \jɪə\ while your is \jʊɚ\. 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 22685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
year is recorded at frequency rank #17,594, classified as anoun, pronounced \jɪə\. your is at rank #5,091, tagged as adet, pronounced \jʊɚ\.
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 22685, this pair ranks #356,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of year vs your
Shared letters: ry. Private to "year": ae. Private to "your": ou.
"year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC · "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "year" for "your" ever safe?
Which is more common, "year" or "your"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "year" and "your" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "year" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "your" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "year" and "your" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "year vs yet". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #356,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.