evilvsturaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#15,620
“evil” frequency rank
#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
59917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evil tura
Definition böse Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur

Letter map: evil vs tura

Shared letters muted; letters that set evil and tura apart highlighted. No shared letter run. evil (VCVC) and tura (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
evil
4 ch
tura

Grammar separator: evil vs tura

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: evil is anadjective and turaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evil is recorded at frequency rank #15,620, classified as anadj, 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 59917, this pair ranks #806,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of evil vs tura

Shared letters: none. Private to "evil": eilv. Private to "tura": artu.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evileivl · evill · evli · evvil
  • turattura · tuar · turra · utra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "evil" and "tura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "evil" is an adjective and "tura" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "evil" vs "tura" - which ranks higher?
"evil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,620 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "evil" 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 #806,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evil" 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 #806,502 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