interiorvstoreWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#41,921
“interior” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
44335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interior tore
Definition inner, innerlich Vulva

Letter map: interior vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set interior and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

8 ch
interior
4 ch
tore

Role in the sentence - interior and tore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: interior is anadjective and toreanoun. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interior is recorded at frequency rank #41,921, classified as anadj, 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 44335, this pair ranks #1,389,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interior vs tore

Shared letters: eort. Private to "interior": in. Private to "tore": -.

"interior" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interiorinetrior · innterior · inteiror · interiorr · interiro · interoir · interrior · intreior
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "interior" for "tore" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "interior" is an adjective and "tore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "interior" 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 #41,921 for "interior". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "interior" and "tore".

  • Full dictionary entry for "interior" 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 #1,389,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interior" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interior 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 #1,389,547 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