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

#245
“tun” frequency rank
#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
43123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tun tuts
Definition eine Handlung ausführen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut

Letter map: tun vs tuts

Shared letters muted; letters that set tun and tuts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
tun
4 ch
tuts

Corpus notes: tun and tuts

tun and tuts are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tun is recorded at frequency rank #245, classified as averb, pronounced [tuːn]. 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 43123, this pair ranks #1,427,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tun vs tuts

Shared letters: tu. Private to "tun": n. Private to "tuts": s.

"tun" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tutsttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tun" and "tuts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "tun" vs "tuts" - which ranks higher?
"tun" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #245 in our German list, against #42,878 for "tuts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "tun" 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 #1,427,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tun" 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 #1,427,942 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