TürevstutsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,188
“Türe” frequency rank
#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
55066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Türe tuts
Definition gleichbedeutend mit Tür 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut

Letter map: Türe vs tuts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Türe and tuts apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Türe (CVCV) and tuts (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Türe
4 ch
tuts

Part-of-speech tell for Türe / tuts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Türe is anoun and tutsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Türe is recorded at frequency rank #12,188, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːʁə]. tuts is at rank #42,878, tagged as averb, 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 55066, this pair ranks #994,048 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Türe vs tuts

Shared letters: t. Private to "Türe": erü. Private to "tuts": su.

"Türe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tuts ← ttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Türe" and "tuts" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Türe" is a noun and "tuts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Türe" or "tuts" show up more?
"Türe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,188 in our German list, against #42,878 for "tuts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Türe" and "tuts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Türe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #994,048 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Türe" and "tuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tuts". 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 #994,048 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