bridgesvstoreConfusable pair

Quick tell: bridges is a verb, tore is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bridges” is a verb and “tore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,284
“bridges” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
49698
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bridges tore
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bridge Vulva

Letter map: bridges vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set bridges and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
bridges
4 ch
tore

Grammar separator: bridges vs tore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bridges is averb and toreanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bridges is recorded at frequency rank #47,284, classified as averb, 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 49698, this pair ranks #1,201,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bridges vs tore

Shared letters: er. Private to "bridges": bdgis. Private to "tore": ot.

"bridges" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bridgesbbridges · birdges · brdiges · briddges · bridegs · bridgess · bridgges · bridgse
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bridges" and "tore" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bridges" is a verb and "tore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "bridges" or "tore" show up more?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #47,284 for "bridges". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "bridges" and "tore". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bridges" 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 #1,201,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bridges" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bridges 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 #1,201,645 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list