tinevsTüreWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#49,303
“tine” frequency rank
#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
61491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tine Türe
Definition Feuer gleichbedeutend mit Tür

Letter map: tine vs Türe

Shared letters muted; letters that set tine and Türe apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tine and Türe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
tine
4 ch
Türe

Pair insight - tine / Türe

tine and Türe 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 61491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tine is recorded at frequency rank #49,303, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Türe is at rank #12,188, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁə].

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 61491, this pair ranks #747,790 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tine vs Türe

Shared letters: et. Private to "tine": in. Private to "Türe": rü.

"tine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Türe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tine ← itne · tien · tinne · tnie · ttine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tine" and "Türe" 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.
Frequency check: "tine" vs "Türe" - which ranks higher?
"Türe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,188 in our German list, against #49,303 for "tine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "tine" vs "Türe" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #747,790 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tine" and "Türe" 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 #747,790 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