teure

[ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə]

/[ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“teure” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,118) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,118
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer

Corpus desk

Index DE-teure · teure · German

teure · rank #7,118 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,118
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH ständigen

Nearest frequency peer: ständigen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „teure“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „teure“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

teure vs Tür
20% similar
teure vs tue
60% similar
teure vs Tour
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for teure
PropertyValue
Headwordteure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,118
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „teure“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).teureliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ständigen“ (#7,117), „Theorien“ (#7,119), „Sternen“ (#7,116). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „teure“ bei #7,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for teure is neighbouring look-alikes ("Tür", "tue", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə]. Frequency #7,118 among 2,684 “T” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for teure, with forms such as "eture", "tteure", and "tuere". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tür", "tue", "Tour", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is teure, spelled T-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs teuer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eture
  • tteure
  • tuere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eture2tteure1tuere2
Edit distance from "teure"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teure"?
"teure" is spelled T-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə].
What does "teure" mean?
As an adjective, "teure" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs teuer
What words are commonly confused with "teure"?
"teure" is commonly confused with "Tür", "tue", "Tour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teure" is [ˈtɔɪ̯ʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teure" come from?
"teure" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "teure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

state#7,114santa#7,108rückt#7,107meins#7,085

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list