Which to use
“Tour” is a noun and “true” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,574
- “Tour” frequency rank
- #9,645
- “true” frequency rank
- 11219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Tour | true |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reise, Weg oder Bewegung mit in der Regel identischem Ausgangs- und Zielort | wahr, richtig |
Where the eye mixes Tour and true
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Tour vs true
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Tour is [tuːɐ̯] while true is [tɹuː]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Tour is recorded at frequency rank #1,574, classified as anoun, pronounced [tuːɐ̯]. true is at rank #9,645, tagged as anadj, pronounced [tɹuː].
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 11219, this pair ranks #1,971,036 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Tour vs true
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "Tour": o. Private to "true": e.
"Tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "true" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Tour" for "true" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Tour" or "true"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Tour" and "true" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Tour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "true" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,971,036 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Tour" and "true" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trees vs true". 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 #1,971,036 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.