terravsTeslaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#16,564
“terra” frequency rank
#8,956
“Tesla” frequency rank
25520
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terra Tesla
Definition Erd- SI-Einheit für die magnetische Flussdichte

Letter map: terra vs Tesla

Shared letters muted; letters that set terra and Tesla apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
terra
5 ch
Tesla

Grammar separator: terra vs Tesla

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: terra is anadjective and Teslaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terra is recorded at frequency rank #16,564, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. 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 25520, this pair ranks #1,832,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of terra vs Tesla

Shared letters: aet. Private to "terra": r. Private to "Tesla": ls.

"terra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Tesla" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • terraetrra · tera · terar · trera · tterra
  • Teslaetsla · telsa · tesal · teslla · tessla · tsela · ttesla

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "terra" for "Tesla" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "terra" is an adjective and "Tesla" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "terra" vs "Tesla" - which ranks higher?
"Tesla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,956 in our German list, against #16,564 for "terra". 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 "terra" and "Tesla". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "terra" 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 #1,832,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terra" and "Tesla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs terra". 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 #1,832,021 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