Which to use
“coaches” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,497
- “coaches” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 26086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coaches | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs coach | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: coaches vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set coaches and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: coaches vs TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coaches is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coaches is recorded at frequency rank #25,497, 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 26086, this pair ranks #1,823,381 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coaches vs TO
Shared letters: o. Private to "coaches": acehs. Private to "TO": t.
"coaches" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- coaches ← caoches · ccoaches · coacches · coacehs · coachess · coachhes · coachse · coahces
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "coaches" 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 #1,823,381 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coaches" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coaches 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 #1,823,381 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.