told vs too, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,284
“told” frequency rank: #11,548
“too” frequency rank: 55832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	told	too
Definition	Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs tell	2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ des Verbs tooma

Letter map: told vs too

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

4 ch

told

3 ch

too

Spelling & dictionary notes on told vs too

told 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 55832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

told is recorded at frequency rank #44,284, classified as averb, pronounced [təʊld]. 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 55832, this pair ranks #963,914 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of told vs too

Shared letters: ot. Private to "told": dl. Private to "too": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

told ← otld · tlod · todl · toldd · tolld · ttold

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "told" and "too" 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.

Frequency check: "told" vs "too" - which ranks higher?

"too" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,548 in our German list, against #44,284 for "told". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "told" 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 #963,914 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"told" and "too" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "told vs Tons". 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 #963,914 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.