teilsvsTeslaTell them apart

Quick tell: teils is a adverb, Tesla is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“teils” is an adverb and “Tesla” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,945
“teils” frequency rank
#8,956
“Tesla” frequency rank
10901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teils Tesla
Definition nicht alles zusammen betreffend, sondern nur einen Teil SI-Einheit für die magnetische Flussdichte

Where the eye mixes teils and Tesla

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

5 ch
teils
5 ch
Tesla

Visual trap between teils and Tesla

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: teils is [taɪ̯ls] while Tesla is [ˈtɛsla]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teils is recorded at frequency rank #1,945, classified as anadv, pronounced [taɪ̯ls]. Tesla is at rank #8,956, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɛsla].

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 10901, this pair ranks #1,972,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of teils vs Tesla

Shared letters: elst. Private to "teils": i. Private to "Tesla": a.

"teils" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Tesla" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teilsetils · teills · teilss · teisl · telis · tiels · tteils
  • Teslaetsla · telsa · tesal · teslla · tessla · tsela · ttesla

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "teils" and "Tesla" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teils" is an adverb and "Tesla" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "teils" or "Tesla"?
"teils" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,945 in our German list, against #8,956 for "Tesla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "teils" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tesla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,972,733 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teils" and "Tesla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tes vs Tesla". 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 #1,972,733 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