Which to use
“true” is an adjective and “turnê” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,418
- “true” frequency rank
- #5,799
- “turnê” frequency rank
- 15217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | true | turnê |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | verdadeiro, verídico | passagem de cunho comercial e artístico por um circuito de localidades já estipuladas as quais são pontuadas por apresentação com data certa |
Letter map: true vs turnê
Shared letters muted; letters that set true and turnê apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. true runs 4 letters (CCVV) against turnê's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for true / turnê
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: true is anadjective and turnêanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15217, 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/. turnê is at rank #5,799, 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 15217, this pair ranks #56,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of true vs turnê
Shared letters: rtu. Private to "true": e. Private to "turnê": nê.
"true" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "turnê" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- true ← rtue · treu · trrue · ttrue · ture
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "true" and "turnê" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "true" or "turnê"?
Useful next steps
Pair "true" vs "turnê" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "true" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turnê" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "true" and "turnê" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tique vs true". 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 #56,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.