TunervsTürWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#44,296
“Tuner” frequency rank
#1,095
“Tür” frequency rank
45391
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tuner Tür
Definition Gerät, um Radiosendungen zu empfangen, als Bestandteil einer Stereoanlage. Der Verstärker ist in einem Tuner nicht inbegriffen – einen Verstärker mit integriertem Tuner nennt man Receiver. trennendes oder verbindendes Element zwischen Räumen und/oder Bereichen; Zugang; Eingang, Ausgang

Where the eye mixes Tuner and Tür

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Tuner runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Tür's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Tuner
3 ch
Tür

Why the eye confuses Tuner with Tür

A purely visual mix-up. Tuner ([ˈtjuːnɐ]) and Tür ([tyːɐ̯]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tuner is recorded at frequency rank #44,296, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtjuːnɐ]. Tür is at rank #1,095, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tyːɐ̯].

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 45391, this pair ranks #1,354,630 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tuner vs Tür

Shared letters: rt. Private to "Tuner": enu. Private to "Tür": ü.

"Tuner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Tür" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tuner ← tnuer · ttuner · tuenr · tunerr · tunner · tunre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tuner" for "Tür" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtjuːnɐ] versus [tyːɐ̯]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Tuner" or "Tür"?
"Tür" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,095 in our German list, against #44,296 for "Tuner". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tuner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tür" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,354,630 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tuner" and "Tür" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tine vs Tuner". 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 #1,354,630 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