tui

[ˈtuʔi]

/[ˈtuʔi]/ noun

The verdict

“tui” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,731) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#18,731
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deine, die Deinen/Deinigen mit Bezug auf mehrere vorher erwähnte Objekte oder Personen

Corpus desk

Index DE-tui · tui · German

tui · rank #18,731 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,731
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tugenden

Nearest frequency peer: Tugenden (-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 „tui“

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

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „tui“ 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).

tui vs TV
0% similar
tui vs Tz
0% similar
tui vs ty
33% similar

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

Key facts for tui
PropertyValue
Headwordtui
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtuʔi]
Letters3
Frequency rank#18,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „tui“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).tuiliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Tugenden“ (#18,730), „Tschechen“ (#18,729), „Ungarns“ (#18,733). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tui“ bei #18,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tui is neighbouring look-alikes ("TV", "Tz", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈtuʔi]. Frequency #18,731 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Gloss: "deine, die Deinen/Deinigen mit Bezug auf mehrere vorher erwähnte Objekte oder Personen".

No misspelling variants are generated for tui in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "Tz", "ty", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is tui, spelled T-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    deine, die Deinen/Deinigen mit Bezug auf mehrere vorher erwähnte Objekte oder Personen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Me vidas mea imaji, ma ne vidas tui.
  2. Me vidas mea imaji, ma tuin ne vidas.

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 "tui"?
"tui" is spelled T-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtuʔi].
What does "tui" mean?
As a noun, "tui" means: deine, die Deinen/Deinigen mit Bezug auf mehrere vorher erwähnte Objekte oder Personen
What words are commonly confused with "tui"?
"tui" is commonly confused with "TV", "Tz", "ty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tui" is [ˈtuʔi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tui" come from?
"tui" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list