lx vs TO, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“lx” and “TO” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,666
“lx” frequency rank: #589
“TO” frequency rank: 43255
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lx	TO
Definition	Lux	KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: lx vs TO

Shared letters muted; letters that set lx and TO apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

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Corpus notes: lx and TO

lx and TO are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lx is recorded at frequency rank #42,666, classified as anabbrev, 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 43255, this pair ranks #1,423,858 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lx vs TO

Shared letters: none. Private to "lx": lx. Private to "TO": ot.

"lx" · 2 letters · shape CC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lx" for "TO" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "lx" or "TO" show up more?

"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #42,666 for "lx". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "lx" 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 #1,423,858 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lx" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lx vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,423,858 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.