Which to use
“tui” is a noun and “tutti” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,658
- “tui” frequency rank
- #43,979
- “tutti” frequency rank
- 82637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tui | tutti |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. | All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. |
Letter map: tui vs tutti
Shared letters muted; letters that set tui and tutti apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tui runs 3 letters (CVV) against tutti's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for tui / tutti
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tui is anoun and tuttianadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tui is recorded at frequency rank #38,658, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtʉi/. tutti is at rank #43,979, tagged as anadv.
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 82637, this pair ranks #15,369 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tui vs tutti
Shared letters: itu. Private to "tui": -. Private to "tutti": -.
"tui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tutti ← ttuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tui" and "tutti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tui" vs "tutti" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "tui" and "tutti". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tutti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,369 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tui" and "tutti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuft vs tutti". 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 #15,369 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.