teurevsTüreWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,118
“teure” frequency rank
#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
19306
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teure Türe
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer gleichbedeutend mit Tür

Where the eye mixes teure and Türe

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

5 ch
teure
4 ch
Türe

Visual trap between teure and Türe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: teure is [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə] while Türe is [ˈtyːʁə]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teure is recorded at frequency rank #7,118, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə]. Türe is at rank #12,188, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁə].

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 19306, this pair ranks #1,909,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of teure vs Türe

Shared letters: ert. Private to "teure": u. Private to "Türe": ü.

"teure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Türe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teureeture · tteure · tuere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "teure" and "Türe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teure" is an adjective and "Türe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "teure" or "Türe" show up more?
"teure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,118 in our German list, against #12,188 for "Türe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "teure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,909,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teure" and "Türe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Türe vs Turmes". 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 #1,909,757 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