rollingvstutsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#16,532
“rolling” frequency rank
#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
59410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rolling tuts
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs roll 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut

Letter map: rolling vs tuts

Shared letters muted; letters that set rolling and tuts apart highlighted. No shared letter run. rolling runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against tuts's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rolling
4 ch
tuts

Corpus notes: rolling and tuts

rolling and tuts 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 59410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rolling is recorded at frequency rank #16,532, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tuts is at rank #42,878, tagged as averb, 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 59410, this pair ranks #825,545 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rolling vs tuts

Shared letters: none. Private to "rolling": gilnor. Private to "tuts": stu.

"rolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rollingorlling · rloling · rolilng · roling · rollign · rollingg · rollinng · rollnig
  • tutsttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rolling" and "tuts" be used interchangeably?
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: "rolling" vs "tuts" - which ranks higher?
"rolling" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,532 in our German list, against #42,878 for "tuts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rolling" and "tuts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rolling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #825,545 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rolling" and "tuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tuts". 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 #825,545 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