TeilevsTillWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#1,044
“Teile” frequency rank
#12,807
“Till” frequency rank
13851
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Teile Till
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Teil männlicher Vorname

Where the eye mixes Teile and Till

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Teile
4 ch
Till

Look-alike desk: Teile vs Till

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Teile is [ˈtaɪ̯lə] while Till is [tɪl]. 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13851, 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]. Till is at rank #12,807, tagged as aname, pronounced [tɪl].

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 13851, this pair ranks #1,955,249 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Teile vs Till

Shared letters: ilt. Private to "Teile": e. Private to "Till": -.

"Teile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Till" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Teileetile · teiel · teille · telie · tiele · tteile
  • Tillitll · tlil · ttill

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Teile" and "Till" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Teile" is a noun and "Till" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Teile" or "Till"?
"Teile" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,044 in our German list, against #12,807 for "Till". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Teile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Till" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,955,249 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Teile" and "Till" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Till vs tine". 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 #1,955,249 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