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Which to use

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

#11,981
“Torte” frequency rank
#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
24169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Torte Türe
Definition meist runde Süßspeise mit mehreren horizontalen Schichten gleichbedeutend mit Tür

Where the eye mixes Torte and Türe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Torte
4 ch
Türe

Look-alike desk: Torte vs Türe

A purely visual mix-up. Torte ([ˈtɔʁtə]) and Türe ([ˈtyːʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Torte is recorded at frequency rank #11,981, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɔʁtə]. Türe is at rank #12,188, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁə].

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 24169, this pair ranks #1,851,430 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Torte vs Türe

Shared letters: ert. Private to "Torte": o. Private to "Türe": ü.

"Torte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Türe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Torteotrte · toret · torrte · tortte · totre · trote · ttorte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Torte" for "Türe" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtɔʁtə] versus [ˈtyːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Torte" or "Türe" show up more?
"Torte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,981 in our German list, against #12,188 for "Türe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Torte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,851,430 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Torte" and "Türe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Türe vs Turmes". 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 #1,851,430 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