josevsTOWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: jose is a pronoun, TO is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jose” is a pronoun and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,464
“jose” frequency rank
#589
“TO” frequency rank
17053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jose TO
Definition Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Femininum Lokativ KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: jose vs TO

Shared letters muted; letters that set jose and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
jose
2 ch
TO

Grammar separator: jose vs TO

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jose is apronoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jose is recorded at frequency rank #16,464, classified as apron, 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 17053, this pair ranks #1,930,760 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jose vs TO

Shared letters: o. Private to "jose": ejs. Private to "TO": t.

"jose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • josejjose · joes · josse · jsoe · ojse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jose" for "TO" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jose" is a pronoun and "TO" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jose" or "TO"?
"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #16,464 for "jose". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "jose" and "TO".

  • Full dictionary entry for "jose" 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 #1,930,760 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jose" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jose 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 #1,930,760 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list