# Tode vs told

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tode
*noun · IPA [ˈtoːdə] · frequency rank #3,282*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tod

### told
*verb · IPA [təʊld] · frequency rank #44,284*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs tell

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tode-vs-told