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

#28,421
“Tora” frequency rank
#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
72718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tora tura
Definition jüdische Religion: alternative Schreibweise von Thora Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur

Letter map: Tora vs tura

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tora and tura apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Tora and tura follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Tora
4 ch
tura

Pair insight - Tora / tura

Tora and tura 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 - o in “Tora” becomes u in “tura”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tora is recorded at frequency rank #28,421, classified as anoun, pronounced [toˈʁaː]. tura is at rank #44,297, tagged as anoun, 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 72718, this pair ranks #380,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Tora vs tura

Shared letters: art. Private to "Tora": o. Private to "tura": u.

"Tora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tora ← otra · toar · torra · troa · ttora
  • tura ← ttura · tuar · turra · utra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tora" for "tura" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - o in “Tora” becomes u in “tura”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Tora" or "tura"?
"Tora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,421 in our German list, against #44,297 for "tura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Tora" vs "tura" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #380,351 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tora" and "tura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tura". 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 #380,351 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