Which to use
“family” is a noun and “tutti” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #38,461
- “tutti” frequency rank
- 46220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | tutti |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | Männlich Plural des Adjektivs tutto |
Letter map: family vs tutti
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and tutti apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against tutti's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for family / tutti
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: family is anoun and tuttianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tutti is at rank #38,461, tagged as anadj, 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 46220, this pair ranks #1,326,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of family vs tutti
Shared letters: i. Private to "family": aflmy. Private to "tutti": tu.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "family" and "tutti" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "family" or "tutti"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "family" and "tutti". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tutti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,326,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" and "tutti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tutti". 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 #1,326,520 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.