# tue vs turn

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### tue
*verb · IPA [ˈtuːə] · frequency rank #4,659*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tun

### turn
*verb · IPA [tʊʁn] · frequency rank #14,188*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs turnen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tue-vs-turn