Which to use
“away” is an adverb and “tore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,565
- “away” frequency rank
- #2,414
- “tore” frequency rank
- 17979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | away | tore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weg, fort, abwesend | Vulva |
Letter map: away vs tore
Shared letters muted; letters that set away and tore apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - away and tore
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: away is anadverb and toreanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
away is recorded at frequency rank #15,565, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. tore is at rank #2,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 17979, this pair ranks #1,922,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of away vs tore
Shared letters: none. Private to "away": awy. Private to "tore": eort.
"away" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "away" and "tore" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "away" vs "tore" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "away" and "tore".
- Full dictionary entry for "away" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,922,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "away" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "away vs puzzles". 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 #1,922,508 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.