Which to use
“article” is a noun and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,613
- “article” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 25202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | article | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artikel | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: article vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set article and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for article / TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: article is anoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
article is recorded at frequency rank #24,613, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. TO is at rank #589, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].
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 25202, this pair ranks #1,836,648 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of article vs TO
Shared letters: t. Private to "article": aceilr. Private to "TO": o.
"article" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- article ← aritcle · arrticle · artcile · articcle · articel · articlle · artilce · artticle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "article" for "TO" ever safe?
Frequency check: "article" vs "TO" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "article" and "TO".
- Full dictionary entry for "article" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "TO" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,836,648 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "article" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "article vs puzzles". 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 #1,836,648 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.