Which to use
“mountains” is a noun and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,691
- “mountains” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 31280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mountains | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs mountain | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: mountains vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set mountains and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for mountains / TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mountains is anoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 7 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mountains is recorded at frequency rank #30,691, 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 31280, this pair ranks #1,731,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mountains vs TO
Shared letters: ot. Private to "mountains": aimnsu. Private to "TO": -.
"mountains" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mountains ← mmountains · monutains · mounatins · mounntains · mountainns · mountainss · mountaisn · mountanis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mountains" and "TO" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mountains" vs "TO" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "mountains" vs "TO" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mountains" 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 #1,731,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mountains" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mountains 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 #1,731,313 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.