monumentsvsTOConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#46,156
“monuments” frequency rank
#589
“TO” frequency rank
46745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature monuments TO
Definition Plural des Substantivs monument KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: monuments vs TO

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

9 ch
monuments
2 ch
TO

Role in the sentence - monuments and TO

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: monuments is anoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 7 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

monuments is recorded at frequency rank #46,156, classified as anoun, 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 46745, this pair ranks #1,308,494 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of monuments vs TO

Shared letters: ot. Private to "monuments": emnsu. Private to "TO": -.

"monuments" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC  ·  "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • monumentsmmonuments · mnouments · monmuents · monnuments · monuemnts · monumennts · monumenst · monumentss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "monuments" and "TO" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "monuments" is a noun and "TO" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "monuments" or "TO"?
"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #46,156 for "monuments". 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 "monuments" and "TO".

  • Full dictionary entry for "monuments" 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 #1,308,494 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "monuments" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monuments 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 #1,308,494 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