AUX vs TO, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“AUX” and “TO” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,814
“AUX” frequency rank: #589
“TO” frequency rank: 19403
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	AUX	TO
Definition	Kürzel für einen zusätzlichen Eingang zur freien Verwendung (bei Geräten wie zum Beispiel Verstärkern)	KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: AUX vs TO

Shared letters muted; letters that set AUX and TO apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

3 ch

AUX

2 ch

Corpus notes: AUX and TO

AUX and TO are indexed as a confusable German 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 19403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AUX is recorded at frequency rank #18,814, classified as anabbrev, 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 19403, this pair ranks #1,908,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of AUX vs TO

Shared letters: none. Private to "AUX": aux. Private to "TO": ot.

"AUX" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "AUX" for "TO" 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.

Which is more common, "AUX" or "TO"?

"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #18,814 for "AUX". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "AUX" and "TO".

Full dictionary entry for "AUX" 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 #1,908,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"AUX" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AUX vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,908,660 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.