Which to use
“hosts” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,973
- “hosts” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 44562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hosts | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs host | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: hosts vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set hosts and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - hosts and TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hosts is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hosts is recorded at frequency rank #43,973, 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 44562, this pair ranks #1,382,176 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hosts vs TO
Shared letters: ot. Private to "hosts": hs. Private to "TO": -.
"hosts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hosts ← hhosts · hossts · hostss · hostts · hotss · hsots · ohsts
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "hosts" and "TO". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hosts" 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 #1,382,176 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hosts" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hosts 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 #1,382,176 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.