Which to use
“tung” is a noun and “turns” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,619
- “tung” frequency rank
- #1,804
- “turns” frequency rank
- 26423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tung | turns |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body. | third-person singular simple present indicative of turn |
Letter map: tung vs turns
Shared letters muted; letters that set tung and turns apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for tung / turns
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tung is anoun and turnsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tung is recorded at frequency rank #24,619, 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 26423, this pair ranks #386,808 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tung vs turns
Shared letters: ntu. Private to "tung": g. Private to "turns": rs.
"tung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "turns" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tung" and "turns" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tung" or "turns"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tung" and "turns".
- Full dictionary entry for "tung" 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 #386,808 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tung" and "turns" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tung 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 #386,808 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.