Which to use
“fusses” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,054
- “fusses” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 33643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fusses | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fuss | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: fusses vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set fusses and TO apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - fusses and TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fusses is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fusses is recorded at frequency rank #33,054, 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 33643, this pair ranks #1,681,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fusses vs TO
Shared letters: none. Private to "fusses": efsu. Private to "TO": ot.
"fusses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fusses ← ffusses · fsuses · fusess · fussess · fussse · fußes · ufsses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fusses" and "TO" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fusses" vs "TO" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fusses" and "TO".
- Full dictionary entry for "fusses" 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 #1,681,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fusses" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusses 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 #1,681,278 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.