tuivsTüreTell them apart

Which to use

“tui” and “Türe” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,731
“tui” frequency rank
#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
30919
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tui Türe
Definition deine, die Deinen/Deinigen mit Bezug auf mehrere vorher erwähnte Objekte oder Personen gleichbedeutend mit Tür

Where the eye mixes tui and Türe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
tui
4 ch
Türe

Look-alike desk: tui vs Türe

A purely visual mix-up. tui ([ˈtuʔi]) and Türe ([ˈtyːʁə]) 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 30919, 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]. Türe is at rank #12,188, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁə].

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 30919, this pair ranks #1,738,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tui vs Türe

Shared letters: t. Private to "tui": iu. Private to "Türe": erü.

"tui" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "Türe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tui" and "Türe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtuʔi] versus [ˈtyːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tui" or "Türe"?
"Türe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,188 in our German list, against #18,731 for "tui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "tui" and "Türe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,738,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tui" and "Türe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taut vs tui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,738,451 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