teurervsTunerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#4,658
“teurer” frequency rank
#44,296
“Tuner” frequency rank
48954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teurer Tuner
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer Gerät, um Radiosendungen zu empfangen, als Bestandteil einer Stereoanlage. Der Verstärker ist in einem Tuner nicht inbegriffen – einen Verstärker mit integriertem Tuner nennt man Receiver.

Where the eye mixes teurer and Tuner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. teurer runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against Tuner's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
teurer
5 ch
Tuner

Look-alike desk: teurer vs Tuner

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: teurer is [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁɐ] while Tuner is [ˈtjuːnɐ]. 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 48954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teurer is recorded at frequency rank #4,658, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁɐ]. Tuner is at rank #44,296, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtjuːnɐ].

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 48954, this pair ranks #1,229,386 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teurer vs Tuner

Shared letters: ertu. Private to "teurer": -. Private to "Tuner": n.

"teurer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Tuner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teurer ← eturer · teruer · teurerr · teurre · teurrer · tteurer · tuerer
  • Tuner ← tnuer · ttuner · tuenr · tunerr · tunner · tunre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "teurer" and "Tuner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teurer" is an adjective and "Tuner" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "teurer" vs "Tuner" - which ranks higher?
"teurer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,658 in our German list, against #44,296 for "Tuner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "teurer" and "Tuner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teurer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tuner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,229,386 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teurer" and "Tuner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tine vs Tuner". 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 #1,229,386 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