TaxenvsTürenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#43,533
“Taxen” frequency rank
#3,283
“Türen” frequency rank
46816
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Taxen Türen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Taxe Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tür

Where the eye mixes Taxen and Türen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Taxen and Türen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Taxen
5 ch
Türen

Why the eye confuses Taxen with Türen

A purely visual mix-up. Taxen ([ˈtaksn̩]) and Türen ([ˈtyːʁən]) 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 46816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Taxen is recorded at frequency rank #43,533, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaksn̩]. Türen is at rank #3,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁən].

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 46816, this pair ranks #1,305,974 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Taxen vs Türen

Shared letters: ent. Private to "Taxen": ax. Private to "Türen": .

"Taxen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Türen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Taxenatxen · taexn · taxenn · taxne · taxxen · ttaxen · txaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Taxen" and "Türen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtaksn̩] versus [ˈtyːʁən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Taxen" or "Türen"?
"Türen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,283 in our German list, against #43,533 for "Taxen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Taxen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,305,974 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Taxen" and "Türen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tadel vs Taxen". 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 #1,305,974 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