Which to use
“Tour” is a noun and “turn” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,574
- “Tour” frequency rank
- #14,188
- “turn” frequency rank
- 15762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Tour | turn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reise, Weg oder Bewegung mit in der Regel identischem Ausgangs- und Zielort | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs turnen |
Where the eye mixes Tour and turn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Tour vs turn
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Tour is [tuːɐ̯] while turn is [tʊʁn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15762, 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]. turn is at rank #14,188, tagged as averb, pronounced [tʊʁn].
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 15762, this pair ranks #1,941,345 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Tour vs turn
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "Tour": o. Private to "turn": n.
"Tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "turn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Tour" and "turn" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Tour" or "turn" show up more?
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 "turn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,941,345 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Tour" and "turn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Türkin vs turn". 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 #1,941,345 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.