ti vs tun, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ti” is a pronoun and “tun” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,603
“ti” frequency rank: #245
“tun” frequency rank: 12848
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ti	tun
Definition	du	eine Handlung ausführen

Where the eye mixes ti and tun

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

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tun

Look-alike desk: ti vs tun

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ti is [ˈti] while tun is [tuːn]. 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 (pronoun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ti is recorded at frequency rank #12,603, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈti]. tun is at rank #245, tagged as averb, pronounced [tuːn].

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 12848, this pair ranks #1,961,669 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ti vs tun

Shared letters: t. Private to "ti": i. Private to "tun": nu.

"ti" · 2 letters · shape CV · "tun" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ti" and "tun" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ti" is a pronoun and "tun" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ti" or "tun"?

"tun" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #245 in our German list, against #12,603 for "ti". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "ti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "tun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,961,669 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ti" and "tun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ti vs tine". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,961,669 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.