türkenvsTurmesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#3,926
“türken” frequency rank
#49,316
“Turmes” frequency rank
53242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature türken Turmes
Definition eine Fälschung produzieren, um damit zu betrügen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Turm

Where the eye mixes türken and Turmes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. türken and Turmes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
türken
6 ch
Turmes

Look-alike desk: türken vs Turmes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: türken is [ˈtʏʁkn̩] while Turmes is [ˈtʊʁməs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

türken is recorded at frequency rank #3,926, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈtʏʁkn̩]. Turmes is at rank #49,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtʊʁməs].

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 53242, this pair ranks #1,065,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of türken vs Turmes

Shared letters: ert. Private to "türken": knü. Private to "Turmes": msu.

"türken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Turmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Turmes ← trumes · tturmes · tumres · turems · turmess · turmmes · turmse · turrmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "türken" for "Turmes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "türken" is a verb and "Turmes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "türken" vs "Turmes" - which ranks higher?
"türken" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,926 in our German list, against #49,316 for "Turmes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "türken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Turmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,065,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "türken" and "Turmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trees vs Turmes". 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 #1,065,626 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