torevstueWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
#4,659
“tue” frequency rank
7073
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tore tue
Definition Vulva 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tun

Letter map: tore vs tue

Shared letters muted; letters that set tore and tue apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
tore
3 ch
tue

Role in the sentence - tore and tue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tore is anoun and tueaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tore is recorded at frequency rank #2,414, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tue is at rank #4,659, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈtuːə].

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 7073, this pair ranks #1,989,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tore vs tue

Shared letters: et. Private to "tore": or. Private to "tue": u.

"tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tue" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tore" and "tue" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tore" is a noun and "tue" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "tore" or "tue" show up more?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #4,659 for "tue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tore" and "tue".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,989,471 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tore" and "tue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tine vs tue". 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 #1,989,471 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