titvstutsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tit is a noun, tuts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tit” is a noun and “tuts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,882
“tit” frequency rank
#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
71760
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tit tuts
Definition Meise 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut

Letter map: tit vs tuts

Shared letters muted; letters that set tit and tuts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tit runs 3 letters (CVC) against tuts's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
tit
4 ch
tuts

Part-of-speech tell for tit / tuts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tit is anoun and tutsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tit is recorded at frequency rank #28,882, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɪt]. tuts is at rank #42,878, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 71760, this pair ranks #407,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tit vs tuts

Shared letters: t. Private to "tit": i. Private to "tuts": su.

"tit" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tuts ← ttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tit" and "tuts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tit" is a noun and "tuts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tit" vs "tuts" - which ranks higher?
"tit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,882 in our German list, against #42,878 for "tuts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "tit" vs "tuts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #407,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tit" and "tuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tuts". 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 #407,592 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