turavsTuSTell them apart

Quick tell: tura is a noun, TuS is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#44,297
“tura” frequency rank
#10,954
“TuS” frequency rank
55251
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tura TuS
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs tur Turn- und Spielvereinigung

Letter map: tura vs TuS

Shared letters muted; letters that set tura and TuS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tura runs 4 letters (CVCV) against TuS's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
tura
3 ch
TuS

Part-of-speech tell for tura / TuS

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tura is anoun and TuSanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tura is recorded at frequency rank #44,297, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. TuS is at rank #10,954, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [tʊs].

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 55251, this pair ranks #986,819 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tura vs TuS

Shared letters: tu. Private to "tura": ar. Private to "TuS": s.

"tura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "TuS" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tura ← ttura · tuar · turra · utra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tura" and "TuS" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tura" is a noun and "TuS" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tura" vs "TuS" - which ranks higher?
"TuS" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,954 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "TuS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #986,819 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tura" and "TuS" 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 #986,819 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