Which to use
“fortune” is a noun and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,054
- “fortune” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 30643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fortune | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Schicksal, Zukunft | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: fortune vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set fortune and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for fortune / TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fortune is anoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fortune is recorded at frequency rank #30,054, 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 30643, this pair ranks #1,743,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fortune vs TO
Shared letters: ot. Private to "fortune": efnru. Private to "TO": -.
"fortune" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fortune ← ffortune · forrtune · fortnue · forttune · fortuen · fortunne · forutne · fotrune
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fortune" and "TO" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fortune" vs "TO" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "fortune" 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 #1,743,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fortune" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fortune 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 #1,743,871 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.