TagevstaiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Tage is a noun, tai is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tage” is a noun and “tai” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#371
“Tage” frequency rank
#22,530
“tai” frequency rank
22901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tage tai
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tag inklusives oder

Letter map: Tage vs tai

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tage and tai apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Tage
3 ch
tai

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tage is anoun and taiaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tage is recorded at frequency rank #371, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaːɡə]. tai is at rank #22,530, tagged as aconj, 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 22901, this pair ranks #1,868,263 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tage vs tai

Shared letters: at. Private to "Tage": eg. Private to "tai": i.

"Tage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tai" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tageatge · taeg · tagge · tgae · ttage

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tage" and "tai" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tage" is a noun and "tai" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Tage" or "tai"?
"Tage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #371 in our German list, against #22,530 for "tai". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Tage" and "tai". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,868,263 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tage" and "tai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tai". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list