TassevsTSEWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Tasse is a noun, TSE is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tasse” is a noun and “TSE” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,364
“Tasse” frequency rank
#45,632
“TSE” frequency rank
51996
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tasse TSE
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Letter map: Tasse vs TSE

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tasse and TSE apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Tasse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against TSE's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Tasse
3 ch
TSE

Role in the sentence - Tasse and TSE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tasse is anoun and TSEanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tasse is recorded at frequency rank #6,364, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtasə]. TSE is at rank #45,632, tagged as anabbrev, 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 51996, this pair ranks #1,113,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tasse vs TSE

Shared letters: est. Private to "Tasse": a. Private to "TSE": -.

"Tasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "TSE" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tasse ← atsse · tase · tases · taße · tsase · ttasse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tasse" and "TSE" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tasse" is a noun and "TSE" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Tasse" or "TSE" show up more?
"Tasse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,364 in our German list, against #45,632 for "TSE". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Tasse" and "TSE". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "TSE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,113,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tasse" and "TSE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs TSE". 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 #1,113,913 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