ti vs Tod, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ti” is a pronoun and “Tod” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,603
“ti” frequency rank: #609
“Tod” frequency rank: 13212
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ti	Tod
Definition	du	das Ende des Sterbevorgangs

Where the eye mixes ti and Tod

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

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Tod

Visual trap between ti and Tod

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ti is [ˈti] while Tod is [toːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ti is recorded at frequency rank #12,603, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈti]. Tod is at rank #609, tagged as anoun, pronounced [toːt].

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 13212, this pair ranks #1,959,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ti vs Tod

Shared letters: t. Private to "ti": i. Private to "Tod": do.

"ti" · 2 letters · shape CV · "Tod" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ti" for "Tod" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ti" is a pronoun and "Tod" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "ti" or "Tod" show up more?

"Tod" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #609 in our German list, against #12,603 for "ti". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "ti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Tod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,959,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ti" and "Tod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ti vs tine". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,959,388 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.