Which to use
“tine” and “Töne” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,303
- “tine” frequency rank
- #6,865
- “Töne” frequency rank
- 56168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tine | Töne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Feuer | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ton |
Letter map: tine vs Töne
Shared letters muted; letters that set tine and Töne apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tine and Töne follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: tine and Töne
tine and Töne 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 differ by a single letter - i in “tine” becomes ö in “Töne”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tine is recorded at frequency rank #49,303, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Töne is at rank #6,865, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtøːnə].
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 56168, this pair ranks #950,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tine vs Töne
Shared letters: ent. Private to "tine": i. Private to "Töne": ö.
"tine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Töne" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tine ← itne · tien · tinne · tnie · ttine
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tine" and "Töne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "tine" or "Töne" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tine" and "Töne".
- Full dictionary entry for "tine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Töne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #950,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tine" and "Töne" 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 #950,774 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.