tuivstungWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tui is a noun, tung is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tui” is a noun and “tung” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,731
“tui” frequency rank
#40,899
“tung” frequency rank
59630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tui tung
Definition deine, die Deinen/Deinigen mit Bezug auf mehrere vorher erwähnte Objekte oder Personen von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer

Letter map: tui vs tung

Shared letters muted; letters that set tui and tung apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
tui
4 ch
tung

Part-of-speech tell for tui / tung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tui is anoun and tunganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tui is recorded at frequency rank #18,731, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtuʔi]. tung is at rank #40,899, tagged as anadj, 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 59630, this pair ranks #817,273 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tui vs tung

Shared letters: tu. Private to "tui": i. Private to "tung": gn.

"tui" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "tung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tungtnug · ttung · tugn · tungg · tunng · utng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tui" and "tung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tui" is a noun and "tung" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tui" vs "tung" - which ranks higher?
"tui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,731 in our German list, against #40,899 for "tung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tui" and "tung".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #817,273 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tui" and "tung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tung". 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 #817,273 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