tustvstuttiTell them apart

Quick tell: tust is a verb, tutti is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tust” is a verb and “tutti” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,657
“tust” frequency rank
#38,461
“tutti” frequency rank
44118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tust tutti
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tun Männlich Plural des Adjektivs tutto

Letter map: tust vs tutti

Shared letters muted; letters that set tust and tutti apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
tust
5 ch
tutti

Role in the sentence - tust and tutti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tust is averb and tuttianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tust is recorded at frequency rank #5,657, classified as averb, pronounced [tuːst]. tutti is at rank #38,461, tagged as anadj, 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 44118, this pair ranks #1,396,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tust vs tutti

Shared letters: tu. Private to "tust": s. Private to "tutti": i.

"tust" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tusttsut · ttust · tusst · tustt · utst
  • tuttittuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tust" and "tutti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tust" is a verb and "tutti" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "tust" or "tutti" show up more?
"tust" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,657 in our German list, against #38,461 for "tutti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "tust" and "tutti". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tust" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tutti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,396,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tust" and "tutti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tutti". 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 #1,396,460 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