Which to use
“tuan” is a noun and “turns” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,435
- “tuan” frequency rank
- #1,804
- “turns” frequency rank
- 45239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tuan | turns |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia. | third-person singular simple present indicative of turn |
Letter map: tuan vs turns
Shared letters muted; letters that set tuan and turns apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - tuan and turns
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tuan is anoun and turnsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tuan is recorded at frequency rank #43,435, classified as anoun. turns is at rank #1,804, tagged as averb, pronounced /tɝnz/.
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 45239, this pair ranks #223,105 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tuan vs turns
Shared letters: ntu. Private to "tuan": a. Private to "turns": rs.
"tuan" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "turns" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "tuan" vs "turns" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "tuan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turns" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,105 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tuan" and "turns" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuan vs twang". 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 #223,105 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.