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.
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
- tung ← tnug · ttung · tugn · tungg · tunng · utng
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tui" and "tung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tui" vs "tung" - which ranks higher?
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.