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Which to use

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

#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
#18,103
“Türme” frequency rank
62400
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tura Türme
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Turm

Letter map: tura vs Türme

Shared letters muted; letters that set tura and Türme apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tura runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Türme's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
tura
5 ch
Türme

Spelling & dictionary notes on tura vs Türme

tura and Türme 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 62400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tura is recorded at frequency rank #44,297, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Türme is at rank #18,103, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtʏʁmə].

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 62400, this pair ranks #714,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tura vs Türme

Shared letters: rt. Private to "tura": au. Private to "Türme": emü.

"tura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Türme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tura ← ttura · tuar · turra · utra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tura" and "Türme" 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.
Frequency check: "tura" vs "Türme" - which ranks higher?
"Türme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,103 in our German list, against #44,297 for "tura". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "tura" and "Türme". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Türme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #714,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tura" and "Türme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tura". 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 #714,303 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