torrevstorresTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#47,052
“torre” frequency rank
#18,405
“torres” frequency rank
65457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature torre torres
Definition der Turm 2. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv des Verbs torrar

Letter map: torre vs torres

Shared letters muted; letters that set torre and torres apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
torre
6 ch
torres

Role in the sentence - torre and torres

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: torre is anoun and torresaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “torre” sits inside “torres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

torre is recorded at frequency rank #47,052, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. torres is at rank #18,405, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈto.ʁɨʃ].

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 65457, this pair ranks #606,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of torre vs torres

Shared letters: eort. Private to "torre": -. Private to "torres": s.

"torre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "torres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • torreotrre · torer · trore · ttorre
  • torresotrres · torers · torress · torrse · trores · ttorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "torre" and "torres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "torre" is a noun and "torres" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "torre" vs "torres" - which ranks higher?
"torres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,405 in our German list, against #47,052 for "torre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "torre" vs "torres" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "torre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "torres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #606,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "torre" and "torres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs torre". 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 #606,272 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