realityvsTOWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#10,922
“reality” frequency rank
#589
“TO” frequency rank
11511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reality TO
Definition Realität, Wirklichkeit KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: reality vs TO

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

7 ch
reality
2 ch
TO

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reality is anoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reality is recorded at frequency rank #10,922, 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 11511, this pair ranks #1,969,509 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reality vs TO

Shared letters: t. Private to "reality": aeilry. Private to "TO": o.

"reality" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • realityerality · raelity · reailty · realitty · realityy · realiyt · reallity · realtiy

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reality" and "TO" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reality" is a noun and "TO" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reality" or "TO"?
"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #10,922 for "reality". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "reality" and "TO". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reality" 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 #1,969,509 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reality" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs reality". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list