TagevsTüreTell them apart

Which to use

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

#371
“Tage” frequency rank
#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
12559
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tage Türe
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tag gleichbedeutend mit Tür

Where the eye mixes Tage and Türe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Tage and Türe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Tage
4 ch
Türe

Visual trap between Tage and Türe

A purely visual mix-up. Tage ([ˈtaːɡə]) and Türe ([ˈtyːʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tage is recorded at frequency rank #371, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaːɡə]. Türe is at rank #12,188, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁə].

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 12559, this pair ranks #1,963,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tage vs Türe

Shared letters: et. Private to "Tage": ag. Private to "Türe": rü.

"Tage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Türe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tage ← atge · taeg · tagge · tgae · ttage

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tage" for "Türe" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtaːɡə] versus [ˈtyːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Tage" vs "Türe" - which ranks higher?
"Tage" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #371 in our German list, against #12,188 for "Türe". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,963,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tage" and "Türe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Türe vs Turmes". 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 #1,963,438 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