TourenvsTourneeTell them apart

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

#9,991
“Touren” frequency rank
#13,255
“Tournee” frequency rank
23246
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Touren Tournee
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tour Rundreise von Künstlern oder Artisten zwecks Gastspielen

Where the eye mixes Touren and Tournee

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Touren
7 ch
Tournee

Look-alike desk: Touren vs Tournee

A purely visual mix-up. Touren ([ˈtuːʁən]) and Tournee ([tʊʁˈneː]) 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 23246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Touren is recorded at frequency rank #9,991, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtuːʁən]. Tournee is at rank #13,255, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tʊʁˈneː].

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 23246, this pair ranks #1,863,804 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Touren vs Tournee

Shared letters: enortu. Private to "Touren": -. Private to "Tournee": -.

"Touren" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Tournee" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tourenoturen · toruen · touern · tourenn · tourne · tourren · ttouren · tuoren
  • Tourneeoturnee · torunee · tounree · tourene · tournnee · tourrnee · ttournee · tuornee

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Touren" and "Tournee" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtuːʁən] versus [tʊʁˈneː]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Touren" vs "Tournee" - which ranks higher?
"Touren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,991 in our German list, against #13,255 for "Tournee". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Touren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tournee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,863,804 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Touren" and "Tournee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Touren vs trügen". 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 #1,863,804 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