Which to use
“tour” and “tur” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,112
- “tour” frequency rank
- #39,138
- “tur” frequency rank
- 40250
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tour | tur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis. |
Where the eye mixes tour and tur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tour vs tur
A purely visual mix-up. tour (/tɔː(ɹ)/) and tur (/tʊə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40250, 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)/. tur is at rank #39,138, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʊə/.
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 40250, this pair ranks #269,265 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tour vs tur
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "tour": o. Private to "tur": -.
"tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "tur" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tour ← otur · toru · tourr · ttour · tuor
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tour" and "tur" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "tour" or "tur" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tour" and "tur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,265 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tour" and "tur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuft vs tur". 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 #269,265 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.