TeilevstieWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,044
“Teile” frequency rank
#29,817
“tie” frequency rank
30861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Teile tie
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Teil nichts sagen; schweigen

Letter map: Teile vs tie

Shared letters muted; letters that set Teile and tie apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Teile
3 ch
tie

Role in the sentence - Teile and tie

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Teile is anoun and tieaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Teile is recorded at frequency rank #1,044, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaɪ̯lə]. tie is at rank #29,817, tagged as averb, 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 30861, this pair ranks #1,739,644 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Teile vs tie

Shared letters: eit. Private to "Teile": l. Private to "tie": -.

"Teile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "tie" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Teileetile · teiel · teille · telie · tiele · tteile

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Teile" and "tie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Teile" is a noun and "tie" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Teile" vs "tie" - which ranks higher?
"Teile" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,044 in our German list, against #29,817 for "tie". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Teile" and "tie".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Teile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,739,644 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Teile" and "tie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tie". 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 #1,739,644 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