tunevsturnêConfusable pair

Which to use

“tune” and “turnê” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,150
“tune” frequency rank
#5,799
“turnê” frequency rank
49949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tune turnê
Definition canção, melodia, música passagem de cunho comercial e artístico por um circuito de localidades já estipuladas as quais são pontuadas por apresentação com data certa

Letter map: tune vs turnê

Shared letters muted; letters that set tune and turnê apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
tune
5 ch
turnê

Pair insight - tune / turnê

tune and turnê are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tune is recorded at frequency rank #44,150, classified as anoun. 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 49949, this pair ranks #15,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tune vs turnê

Shared letters: ntu. Private to "tune": e. Private to "turnê": .

"tune" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "turnê" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tunetnue · ttune · tuen · tunne · utne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tune" for "turnê" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "tune" vs "turnê" - which ranks higher?
"turnê" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,799 in our Portuguese list, against #44,150 for "tune". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "tune" vs "turnê" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tune" 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 #15,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tune" and "turnê" 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 #15,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list