Which to use
“tour” is a noun and “tru” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,112
- “tour” frequency rank
- #28,061
- “tru” frequency rank
- 29173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tour | tru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | Abbreviation of true. |
Letter map: tour vs tru
Shared letters muted; letters that set tour and tru apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for tour / tru
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tour is anoun and truanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tour is recorded at frequency rank #1,112, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɔː(ɹ)/. tru is at rank #28,061, tagged as anadj.
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 29173, this pair ranks #365,224 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tour vs tru
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "tour": o. Private to "tru": -.
"tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "tru" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tour ← otur · toru · tourr · ttour · tuor
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tour" and "tru" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tour" vs "tru" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tour" and "tru".
- Full dictionary entry for "tour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tru" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,224 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tour" and "tru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Trav vs tru". 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 #365,224 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.