TourvsturaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#1,574
“Tour” frequency rank
#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
45871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tour tura
Definition Reise, Weg oder Bewegung mit in der Regel identischem Ausgangs- und Zielort Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur

Letter map: Tour vs tura

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tour and tura apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Tour (CVVC) and tura (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Tour
4 ch
tura

Corpus notes: Tour and tura

Tour and tura 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45871, 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]. tura is at rank #44,297, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 45871, this pair ranks #1,338,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tour vs tura

Shared letters: rtu. Private to "Tour": o. Private to "tura": a.

"Tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "tura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tour ← otur · toru · tourr · ttour · tuor
  • tura ← ttura · tuar · turra · utra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tour" for "tura" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Tour" vs "tura" - which ranks higher?
"Tour" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,574 in our German list, against #44,297 for "tura". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Tour" vs "tura" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,338,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tour" and "tura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tura". 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 #1,338,342 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