issuesvstoreConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#38,208
“issues” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
40622
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature issues tore
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs issue Vulva

Letter map: issues vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set issues and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
issues
4 ch
tore

Grammar separator: issues vs tore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: issues is averb and toreanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

issues is recorded at frequency rank #38,208, 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 40622, this pair ranks #1,503,180 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of issues vs tore

Shared letters: e. Private to "issues": isu. Private to "tore": ort.

"issues" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • issuesisseus · issuess · issuse · isues · isuses · ißues · sisues
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "issues" for "tore" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "issues" is a verb and "tore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "issues" or "tore"?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #38,208 for "issues". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "issues" vs "tore" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "issues" 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 #1,503,180 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "issues" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "issues 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 #1,503,180 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