tutsvsTypsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
#16,303
“Typs” frequency rank
59181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tuts Typs
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Typ

Letter map: tuts vs Typs

Shared letters muted; letters that set tuts and Typs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
tuts
4 ch
Typs

Part-of-speech tell for tuts / Typs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tuts is averb and Typsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tuts is recorded at frequency rank #42,878, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Typs is at rank #16,303, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tyːps].

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 59181, this pair ranks #834,190 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tuts vs Typs

Shared letters: st. Private to "tuts": u. Private to "Typs": py.

"tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Typs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tutsttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts
  • Typstpys · ttyps · typps · typss · tysp · tyyps · ytps

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tuts" for "Typs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tuts" is a verb and "Typs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tuts" or "Typs"?
"Typs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,303 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "tuts" vs "Typs" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tuts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Typs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #834,190 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tuts" and "Typs" 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 #834,190 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