TütenvstuttiWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#17,162
“Tüten” frequency rank
#38,461
“tutti” frequency rank
55623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tüten tutti
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tüte Männlich Plural des Adjektivs tutto

Letter map: Tüten vs tutti

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tüten and tutti apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Tüten (CVCVC) and tutti (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Tüten
5 ch
tutti

Role in the sentence - Tüten and tutti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tüten is anoun and tuttianadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tüten is recorded at frequency rank #17,162, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːtn̩]. 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 55623, this pair ranks #972,396 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tüten vs tutti

Shared letters: t. Private to "Tüten": enü. Private to "tutti": iu.

"Tüten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tutti ← ttuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tüten" for "tutti" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tüten" is a noun and "tutti" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Tüten" or "tutti" show up more?
"Tüten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,162 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "Tüten" vs "tutti" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tüten" 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 #972,396 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tüten" 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 #972,396 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