tauchevsTruheWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#38,440
“tauche” frequency rank
#30,330
“Truhe” frequency rank
68770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tauche Truhe
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tauchen verschließbarer, kastenartiger Behälter

Where the eye mixes tauche and Truhe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tauche runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against Truhe's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
tauche
5 ch
Truhe

Why the eye confuses tauche with Truhe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tauche is [ˈtaʊ̯xə] while Truhe is [ˈtʁuːə]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68770, 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]. Truhe is at rank #30,330, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtʁuːə].

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 68770, this pair ranks #497,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tauche vs Truhe

Shared letters: ehtu. Private to "tauche": ac. Private to "Truhe": r.

"tauche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "Truhe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tauche ← atuche · tacuhe · taucche · tauceh · tauchhe · tauhce · ttauche · tuache
  • Truhe ← rtuhe · trhue · trruhe · trueh · truhhe · ttruhe · turhe

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tauche" and "Truhe" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tauche" is a verb and "Truhe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tauche" vs "Truhe" - which ranks higher?
"Truhe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,330 in our German list, against #38,440 for "tauche". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "tauche" and "Truhe" 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 "Truhe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #497,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tauche" and "Truhe" 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 #497,372 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