resultsvsTOWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#32,236
“results” frequency rank
#589
“TO” frequency rank
32825
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature results TO
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs result KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)

Letter map: results vs TO

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

7 ch
results
2 ch
TO

Role in the sentence - results and TO

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: results is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

results is recorded at frequency rank #32,236, 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 32825, this pair ranks #1,699,258 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of results vs TO

Shared letters: t. Private to "results": elrsu. Private to "TO": o.

"results" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resultsersults · resluts · ressults · resullts · resulst · resultss · resultts · resutls

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "results" and "TO" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "results" is a verb and "TO" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "results" or "TO"?
"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #32,236 for "results". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "results" vs "TO" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "results" 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 #1,699,258 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "results" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs results". 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 #1,699,258 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