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“Reverse” and “tore” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,826
“Reverse” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
31240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reverse tore
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Revers Vulva

Letter map: Reverse vs tore

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

7 ch
Reverse
4 ch
tore

Corpus notes: Reverse and tore

Reverse and tore are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reverse is recorded at frequency rank #28,826, classified as anoun, 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 31240, this pair ranks #1,732,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Reverse vs tore

Shared letters: er. Private to "Reverse": sv. Private to "tore": ot.

"Reverse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reverseerverse · reevrse · reveres · reverrse · reversse · revesre · revrese · revverse
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Reverse" for "tore" ever safe?
No. They differ by 3 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Reverse" vs "tore" - which ranks higher?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #28,826 for "Reverse". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reverse" 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 #1,732,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reverse" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Reverse". 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 #1,732,052 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