limitedvstoreConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#15,422
“limited” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
17836
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature limited tore
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs limit Vulva

Letter map: limited vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set limited and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
limited
4 ch
tore

Part-of-speech tell for limited / tore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: limited is averb and toreanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

limited is recorded at frequency rank #15,422, 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 17836, this pair ranks #1,923,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of limited vs tore

Shared letters: et. Private to "limited": dilm. Private to "tore": or.

"limited" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • limitedilmited · liimted · limietd · limitde · limitedd · limitted · limmited · limtied
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "limited" and "tore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "limited" is a verb and "tore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "limited" or "tore"?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #15,422 for "limited". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "limited" and "tore". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "limited" 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 #1,923,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "limited" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "limited 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 #1,923,816 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