Which to use
“true” is an adjective and “tune” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,418
- “true” frequency rank
- #44,150
- “tune” frequency rank
- 53568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | true | tune |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | verdadeiro, verídico | canção, melodia, música |
Letter map: true vs tune
Shared letters muted; letters that set true and tune apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for true / tune
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: true is anadjective and tuneanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
true is recorded at frequency rank #9,418, classified as anadj, pronounced /truː/. tune is at rank #44,150, tagged as anoun.
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 53568, this pair ranks #11,945 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of true vs tune
Shared letters: etu. Private to "true": r. Private to "tune": n.
"true" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "tune" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "true" and "tune" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "true" vs "tune" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "true" and "tune". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "true" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,945 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "true" and "tune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tufo vs tune". 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 #11,945 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.