tipvstipptWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: tip is a adjective, tippt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tip” is an adjective and “tippt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,605
“tip” frequency rank
#25,790
“tippt” frequency rank
38395
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tip tippt
Definition satt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tippen

Letter map: tip vs tippt

Shared letters muted; letters that set tip and tippt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
tip
5 ch
tippt

Grammar separator: tip vs tippt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tip is anadjective and tipptaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tip” sits inside “tippt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tip is recorded at frequency rank #12,605, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. tippt is at rank #25,790, tagged as averb, pronounced [tɪpt].

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 38395, this pair ranks #1,565,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tip vs tippt

Shared letters: ipt. Private to "tip": -. Private to "tippt": -.

"tip" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "tippt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tipptitppt · tipptt · tipt · tiptp · tpipt · ttippt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tip" and "tippt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tip" is an adjective and "tippt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tip" or "tippt"?
"tip" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,605 in our German list, against #25,790 for "tippt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "tip" vs "tippt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tip" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tippt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,565,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tip" and "tippt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tippt vs tripp". 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 #1,565,113 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