threevstoreWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: three is a num, tore is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“three” is a num and “tore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,431
“three” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
16845
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature three tore
Definition drei Vulva

Letter map: three vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set three and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
three
4 ch
tore

Role in the sentence - three and tore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: three is anum and toreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

three is recorded at frequency rank #14,431, classified as anum, pronounced [θɹiː]. tore is at rank #2,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 16845, this pair ranks #1,932,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of three vs tore

Shared letters: ert. Private to "three": h. Private to "tore": o.

"three" · 5 letters · shape CCCVV  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • threehtree · thhree · thre · thrree · trhee · tthree
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "three" for "tore" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "three" is a num and "tore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "three" vs "tore" - which ranks higher?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #14,431 for "three". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "three" and "tore". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "three" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,932,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "three" and "tore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "three vs trees". 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 #1,932,538 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