TourvsTüreTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,574
“Tour” frequency rank
#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
13762
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tour Türe
Definition Reise, Weg oder Bewegung mit in der Regel identischem Ausgangs- und Zielort gleichbedeutend mit Tür

Where the eye mixes Tour and Türe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Tour
4 ch
Türe

Visual trap between Tour and Türe

A purely visual mix-up. Tour ([tuːɐ̯]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13762, 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]. 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 13762, this pair ranks #1,955,858 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tour vs Türe

Shared letters: rt. Private to "Tour": ou. Private to "Türe": .

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tourotur · toru · tourr · ttour · tuor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tour" for "Türe" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([tuːɐ̯] versus [ˈtyːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Tour" vs "Türe" - which ranks higher?
"Tour" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,574 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tour" 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 #1,955,858 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tour" 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 #1,955,858 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