# told vs toto

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### toto
*pronoun · IPA [ˈtɔtɔ] · frequency rank #18,096*
Verstärkung des Demonstrativpronomens „to“: Neutrum, Nominativ und Akkusativ, Singular des Demonstrativpronomens tento

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