TölzvstopsConfusable pair

Quick tell: Tölz is a name, tops is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tölz” is a name and “tops” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,337
“Tölz” frequency rank
#31,825
“tops” frequency rank
55162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tölz tops
Definition Bad Tölz; eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland Plural des Substantivs top

Letter map: Tölz vs tops

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tölz and tops apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Tölz and tops follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Tölz
4 ch
tops

Part-of-speech tell for Tölz / tops

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tölz is aname and topsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tölz is recorded at frequency rank #23,337, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈtœlt͡s]. tops is at rank #31,825, tagged as anoun, 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 55162, this pair ranks #990,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tölz vs tops

Shared letters: t. Private to "Tölz": lzö. Private to "tops": ops.

"Tölz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tops ← otps · topps · topss · tosp · tpos · ttops

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tölz" and "tops" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tölz" is a name and "tops" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Tölz" vs "tops" - which ranks higher?
"Tölz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,337 in our German list, against #31,825 for "tops". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Tölz" vs "tops" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tölz" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #990,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tölz" and "tops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tops". 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 #990,365 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