Which to use
“Touren” and “Türen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,991
- “Touren” frequency rank
- #3,283
- “Türen” frequency rank
- 13274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Touren | Türen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tour | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tür |
Where the eye mixes Touren and Türen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Touren runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against Türen's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Touren and Türen
A purely visual mix-up. Touren ([ˈtuːʁən]) and Türen ([ˈtyːʁən]) 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 13274, 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]. Türen is at rank #3,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁən].
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 13274, this pair ranks #1,959,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Touren vs Türen
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "Touren": ou. Private to "Türen": ü.
"Touren" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "Türen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Touren ← oturen · toruen · touern · tourenn · tourne · tourren · ttouren · tuoren
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Touren" for "Türen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Touren" or "Türen" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Touren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Türen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Touren" and "Türen" 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 #1,959,000 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.