Which to use
“tauche” is a verb and “Teiche” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,440
- “tauche” frequency rank
- #33,338
- “Teiche” frequency rank
- 71778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tauche | Teiche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tauchen | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Teich |
Where the eye mixes tauche and Teiche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tauche and Teiche follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tauche vs Teiche
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tauche is [ˈtaʊ̯xə] while Teiche is [ˈtaɪ̯çə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tauche is recorded at frequency rank #38,440, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈtaʊ̯xə]. Teiche is at rank #33,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaɪ̯çə].
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 71778, this pair ranks #407,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tauche vs Teiche
Shared letters: ceht. Private to "tauche": au. Private to "Teiche": i.
"tauche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "Teiche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tauche" and "Teiche" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "tauche" or "Teiche" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tauche" and "Teiche" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tauche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Teiche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tauche" and "Teiche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tauche vs Tusche". 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 #407,081 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.