TsuivsturTell them apart

Quick tell: Tsui is a name, tur is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tsui” is a name and “tur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,827
“Tsui” frequency rank
#39,138
“tur” frequency rank
85965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tsui tur
Definition A surname. Either of two species of wild goat native to Caucasus, West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica or East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis.

Letter map: Tsui vs tur

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tsui and tur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Tsui
3 ch
tur

Role in the sentence - Tsui and tur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tsui is aname and turanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tsui is recorded at frequency rank #46,827, classified as aname. 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 85965, this pair ranks #9,610 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Tsui vs tur

Shared letters: tu. Private to "Tsui": is. Private to "tur": r.

"Tsui" · 4 letters · shape CCVV  ·  "tur" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tsuistui · tsiu · tssui · ttsui · tusi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Tsui" for "tur" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tsui" is a name and "tur" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Tsui" vs "tur" - which ranks higher?
"tur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,138 in our English list, against #46,827 for "Tsui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Tsui" vs "tur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tsui" 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 #9,610 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tsui" and "tur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "TDI vs Tsui". 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 #9,610 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list