evervsturaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ever is a adverb, tura is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ever” is an adverb and “tura” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,356
“ever” frequency rank
#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
57653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ever tura
Definition immer Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur

Letter map: ever vs tura

Shared letters muted; letters that set ever and tura apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. ever (VCVC) and tura (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
ever
4 ch
tura

Role in the sentence - ever and tura

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ever is anadverb and turaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ever is recorded at frequency rank #13,356, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. tura is at rank #44,297, 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 57653, this pair ranks #892,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ever vs tura

Shared letters: r. Private to "ever": ev. Private to "tura": atu.

"ever" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "tura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evereevr · everr · evre · evver · veer
  • turattura · tuar · turra · utra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ever" and "tura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ever" is an adverb and "tura" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ever" or "tura" show up more?
"ever" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,356 in our German list, against #44,297 for "tura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ever" and "tura". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ever" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #892,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ever" and "tura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tura". 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 #892,988 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