TO vs TuS, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#589
“TO” frequency rank: #10,954
“TuS” frequency rank: 11543
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	TO	TuS
Definition	KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin)	Turn- und Spielvereinigung

Letter map: TO vs TuS

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

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Corpus notes: TO and TuS

TO and TuS 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 11543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

TO is recorded at frequency rank #589, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. TuS is at rank #10,954, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [tʊs].

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 11543, this pair ranks #1,969,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of TO vs TuS

Shared letters: t. Private to "TO": o. Private to "TuS": su.

"TO" · 2 letters · shape CV · "TuS" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "TO" and "TuS" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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 "TuS" show up more?

"TO" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #589 in our German list, against #10,954 for "TuS". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "TO" and "TuS". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "TO" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "TuS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,969,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"TO" and "TuS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taut vs TuS". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,969,336 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.