torevstumoreConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
#44,981
“tumore” frequency rank
47395
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tore tumore
Definition Vulva der Tumor, das Geschwulst

Letter map: tore vs tumore

Shared letters muted; letters that set tore and tumore apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tore runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tumore's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
tore
6 ch
tumore

Spelling & dictionary notes on tore vs tumore

tore and tumore 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tore is recorded at frequency rank #2,414, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tumore is at rank #44,981, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tuˈmoːre].

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 47395, this pair ranks #1,285,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tore vs tumore

Shared letters: eort. Private to "tore": -. Private to "tumore": mu.

"tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tumore" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tore ← otre · toer · troe · ttore
  • tumore ← tmuore · ttumore · tummore · tumoer · tumorre · tumroe · tuomre · utmore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tore" for "tumore" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "tore" or "tumore" show up more?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #44,981 for "tumore". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "tore" and "tumore". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tumore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,285,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tore" and "tumore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tumore vs Tutor". 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 #1,285,757 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