TuchvstutsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Tuch is a noun, tuts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tuch” is a noun and “tuts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,190
“Tuch” frequency rank
#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
53068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tuch tuts
Definition Textilie aus diversen Materialien (Wort wird oft ohne bestimmten Artikel benutzt) 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut

Letter map: Tuch vs tuts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tuch and tuts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Tuch and tuts follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Tuch
4 ch
tuts

Grammar separator: Tuch vs tuts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tuch is anoun and tutsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tuch is recorded at frequency rank #10,190, classified as anoun, pronounced [tuːx]. tuts is at rank #42,878, tagged as averb, 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 53068, this pair ranks #1,072,316 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tuch vs tuts

Shared letters: tu. Private to "Tuch": ch. Private to "tuts": s.

"Tuch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tuch ← tcuh · ttuch · tucch · tuchh · tuhc · utch
  • tuts ← ttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tuch" for "tuts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tuch" is a noun and "tuts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Tuch" or "tuts" show up more?
"Tuch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,190 in our German list, against #42,878 for "tuts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Tuch" and "tuts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tuch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,072,316 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tuch" and "tuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tuts". 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 #1,072,316 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