TO vs TSV, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“TO” and “TSV” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#589
“TO” frequency rank: #6,246
“TSV” frequency rank: 6835
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	TO	TSV
Definition	KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)	Turn- und Sportverein, oder auch Turn- und Sportvereinigung, Turn- und Spielvereinigung

Letter map: TO vs TSV

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

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TSV

Corpus notes: TO and TSV

TO and TSV are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

TO is recorded at frequency rank #589, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. TSV is at rank #6,246, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [teːɛsˈfaʊ̯].

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 6835, this pair ranks #1,990,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of TO vs TSV

Shared letters: t. Private to "TO": o. Private to "TSV": sv.

"TO" · 2 letters · shape CV · "TSV" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "TO" for "TSV" ever safe?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "TO" or "TSV" show up more?

"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #6,246 for "TSV". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "TO" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "TSV" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,990,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"TO" and "TSV" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thy vs TSV". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,990,303 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.