Which to use
“powered” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,951
- “powered” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 39540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | powered | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs power | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: powered vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set powered and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - powered and TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: powered is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
powered is recorded at frequency rank #38,951, classified as averb, 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 39540, this pair ranks #1,533,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of powered vs TO
Shared letters: o. Private to "powered": deprw. Private to "TO": t.
"powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- powered ← opwered · poewred · poweerd · powerde · poweredd · powerred · powreed · powwered
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "powered" 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 #1,533,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "powered" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "powered 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 #1,533,932 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.