turavsturnWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: tura is a noun, turn is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tura” is a noun and “turn” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
#14,188
“turn” frequency rank
58485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tura turn
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs turnen

Letter map: tura vs turn

Shared letters muted; letters that set tura and turn apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tura (CVCV) and turn (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
tura
4 ch
turn

Grammar separator: tura vs turn

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tura is anoun and turnaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “tura” becomes n in “turn”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tura is recorded at frequency rank #44,297, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. turn is at rank #14,188, tagged as averb, pronounced [tʊʁn].

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 58485, this pair ranks #860,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tura vs turn

Shared letters: rtu. Private to "tura": a. Private to "turn": n.

"tura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "turn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tura ← ttura · tuar · turra · utra
  • turn ← trun · tturn · tunr · turnn · turrn · utrn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tura" and "turn" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tura" is a noun and "turn" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tura" vs "turn" - which ranks higher?
"turn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,188 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

Pair "tura" vs "turn" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "turn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #860,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tura" and "turn" 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 #860,930 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