TagevstueWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#371
“Tage” frequency rank
#4,659
“tue” frequency rank
5030
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tage tue
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tag 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tun

Where the eye mixes Tage and tue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Tage
3 ch
tue

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Tage is [ˈtaːɡə] while tue is [ˈtuːə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5030, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tage is recorded at frequency rank #371, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaːɡə]. tue is at rank #4,659, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈtuːə].

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 5030, this pair ranks #1,995,984 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tage vs tue

Shared letters: et. Private to "Tage": ag. Private to "tue": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tageatge · taeg · tagge · tgae · ttage

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tage" and "tue" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tage" is a noun and "tue" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Tage" or "tue"?
"Tage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #371 in our German list, against #4,659 for "tue". 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 "tue". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,995,984 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tage" and "tue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tine vs tue". 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