TürvstuskWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,095
“Tür” frequency rank
#29,824
“tusk” frequency rank
30919
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tür tusk
Definition trennendes oder verbindendes Element zwischen Räumen und/oder Bereichen; Zugang; Eingang, Ausgang Stoßzahn; sehr langer und spitzer Zahn, der aus dem Maul des Tieres herausragt und meist paarweise vorkommt, aber auch einzeln (zum Beispiel beim Narwal)

Letter map: Tür vs tusk

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tür and tusk apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
Tür
4 ch
tusk

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Tür and tusk 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 30919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tür is recorded at frequency rank #1,095, classified as anoun, pronounced [tyːɐ̯]. tusk is at rank #29,824, tagged as anoun, 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 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 Tür vs tusk

Shared letters: t. Private to "Tür": . Private to "tusk": ksu.

"Tür" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "tusk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tusktsuk · ttusk · tuks · tuskk · tussk · utsk

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tür" and "tusk" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "Tür" or "tusk"?
"Tür" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,095 in our German list, against #29,824 for "tusk". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Tür" and "tusk". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tür" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tusk" - 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
  • "Tür" and "tusk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tusk". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list