tutvstuttiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tut is a intj, tutti is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tut” is an intj and “tutti” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,384
“tut” frequency rank
#43,979
“tutti” frequency rank
75363
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tut tutti
Definition Tut tut; an expression of disapproval. 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: tut vs tutti

Shared letters muted; letters that set tut and tutti apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tut runs 3 letters (CVC) against tutti's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
tut
5 ch
tutti

Part-of-speech tell for tut / tutti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tut is anintj and tuttianadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tut” sits inside “tutti”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tut is recorded at frequency rank #31,384, classified as anintj, pronounced /tʌt/. 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 75363, this pair ranks #33,353 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tut vs tutti

Shared letters: tu. Private to "tut": -. Private to "tutti": i.

"tut" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tutti ← ttuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tut" and "tutti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tut" is an intj and "tutti" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tut" vs "tutti" - which ranks higher?
"tut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,384 in our English list, against #43,979 for "tutti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tut" and "tutti".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tut" 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 #33,353 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tut" 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 #33,353 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