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Which to use

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

#20,089
“tobt” frequency rank
#11,548
“too” frequency rank
31637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tobt too
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs toben 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ des Verbs tooma

Letter map: tobt vs too

Shared letters muted; letters that set tobt and too apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
tobt
3 ch
too

Spelling & dictionary notes on tobt vs too

tobt and too 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 31637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tobt is recorded at frequency rank #20,089, classified as averb, pronounced [toːpt]. too is at rank #11,548, tagged as averb, 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 31637, this pair ranks #1,724,139 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tobt vs too

Shared letters: ot. Private to "tobt": b. Private to "too": -.

"tobt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "too" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tobtotbt · tbot · tobbt · tobtt · totb · ttobt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tobt" and "too" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "tobt" or "too"?
"too" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,548 in our German list, against #20,089 for "tobt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tobt" and "too".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tobt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "too" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,724,139 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tobt" and "too" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taut vs tobt". 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 #1,724,139 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list