Which to use
“scratch” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,485
- “scratch” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 44074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scratch | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kratzen | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: scratch vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set scratch and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for scratch / TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: scratch is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scratch is recorded at frequency rank #43,485, 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 44074, this pair ranks #1,397,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of scratch vs TO
Shared letters: t. Private to "scratch": achrs. Private to "TO": o.
"scratch" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCCC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- scratch ← csratch · scartch · sccratch · scracth · scratcch · scratchh · scrathc · scrattch
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scratch" and "TO" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "scratch" or "TO"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "scratch" 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 #1,397,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scratch" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs scratch". 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 #1,397,871 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.