TeigvstungConfusable pair

Quick tell: Teig is a noun, tung is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Teig” is a noun and “tung” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,804
“Teig” frequency rank
#40,899
“tung” frequency rank
53703
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Teig tung
Definition aus mehreren Zutaten bestehende (häufig dickflüssige) formbare Masse, die meist als Grundstoff für Gebäck dient von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer

Letter map: Teig vs tung

Shared letters muted; letters that set Teig and tung apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Teig (CVVC) and tung (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Teig
4 ch
tung

Role in the sentence - Teig and tung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Teig is anoun and tunganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Teig is recorded at frequency rank #12,804, classified as anoun, pronounced [taɪ̯k]. tung is at rank #40,899, tagged as anadj, 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 53703, this pair ranks #1,047,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Teig vs tung

Shared letters: gt. Private to "Teig": ei. Private to "tung": nu.

"Teig" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "tung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Teig ← etig · tegi · teigg · tieg · tteig
  • tung ← tnug · ttung · tugn · tungg · tunng · utng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Teig" for "tung" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Teig" is a noun and "tung" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Teig" vs "tung" - which ranks higher?
"Teig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,804 in our German list, against #40,899 for "tung". 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 "Teig" and "tung". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Teig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,047,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Teig" and "tung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tung". 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 #1,047,660 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