Which to use
“singles” is a verb and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,773
- “singles” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 4362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singles | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: singles vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set singles and TO apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - singles and TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: singles is averb and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singles is recorded at frequency rank #3,773, 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 4362, this pair ranks #1,997,908 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of singles vs TO
Shared letters: none. Private to "singles": egilns. Private to "TO": ot.
"singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- singles ← isngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "singles" 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 #1,997,908 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singles" and "TO" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs singles". 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 #1,997,908 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.