Which to use
“breaking” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,242
- “breaking” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 17831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breaking | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: breaking vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set breaking and TO apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - breaking and TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: breaking is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breaking is recorded at frequency rank #17,242, classified as averb, 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 17831, this pair ranks #1,923,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of breaking vs TO
Shared letters: none. Private to "breaking": abegiknr. Private to "TO": ot.
"breaking" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- breaking ← bbreaking · beraking · braeking · breaikng · breakign · breakingg · breakinng · breakking
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "breaking" and "TO" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "breaking" or "TO"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "breaking" and "TO".
- Full dictionary entry for "breaking" 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 #1,923,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breaking" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breaking 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 #1,923,868 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.