Which to use
“released” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,205
- “released” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 49794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | released | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs release | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: released vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set released and TO apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: released vs TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: released is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
released is recorded at frequency rank #49,205, 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 49794, this pair ranks #1,198,168 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of released vs TO
Shared letters: none. Private to "released": adelrs. Private to "TO": ot.
"released" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- released ← erleased · reelased · relaesed · releaesd · releasde · releasedd · releassed · relesaed
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "released" vs "TO" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "released" 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 #1,198,168 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "released" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs released". 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 #1,198,168 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.