tinevsTodeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“tine” and “Tode” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,303
“tine” frequency rank
#3,282
“Tode” frequency rank
52585
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tine Tode
Definition Feuer Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tod

Letter map: tine vs Tode

Shared letters muted; letters that set tine and Tode apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
tine
4 ch
Tode

Pair insight - tine / Tode

tine and Tode are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tine is recorded at frequency rank #49,303, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Tode is at rank #3,282, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtoːdə].

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 52585, this pair ranks #1,091,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tine vs Tode

Shared letters: et. Private to "tine": in. Private to "Tode": do.

"tine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Tode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tineitne · tien · tinne · tnie · ttine
  • Todeotde · tdoe · todde · toed · ttode

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tine" and "Tode" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "tine" or "Tode" show up more?
"Tode" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,282 in our German list, against #49,303 for "tine". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tine" and "Tode".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tode" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,091,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tine" and "Tode" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tine". 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 #1,091,081 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