LohmannvsTOConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#31,161
“Lohmann” frequency rank
#589
“TO” frequency rank
31750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lohmann TO
Definition deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: Lohmann vs TO

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

7 ch
Lohmann
2 ch
TO

Role in the sentence - Lohmann and TO

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lohmann is aname and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lohmann is recorded at frequency rank #31,161, classified as aname, 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 31750, this pair ranks #1,721,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Lohmann vs TO

Shared letters: o. Private to "Lohmann": ahlmn. Private to "TO": t.

"Lohmann" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lohmannlhomann · llohmann · lohamnn · lohhmann · lohman · lohmmann · lohmnan · lomhann

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lohmann" for "TO" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lohmann" is a name and "TO" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Lohmann" vs "TO" - which ranks higher?
"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #31,161 for "Lohmann". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "Lohmann" vs "TO" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lohmann" 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 #1,721,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lohmann" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lohmann 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 #1,721,840 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