TölzvstoysTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#23,337
“Tölz” frequency rank
#33,858
“toys” frequency rank
57195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tölz toys
Definition Bad Tölz; eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland Plural des Substantivs toy

Letter map: Tölz vs toys

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tölz and toys apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Tölz (CVCC) and toys (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Tölz
4 ch
toys

Role in the sentence - Tölz and toys

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tölz is aname and toysanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57195, 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]. toys is at rank #33,858, 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 57195, this pair ranks #910,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tölz vs toys

Shared letters: t. Private to "Tölz": lzö. Private to "toys": osy.

"Tölz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "toys" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toys ← otys · tosy · toyss · toyys · ttoys · tyos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Tölz" and "toys" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tölz" is a name and "toys" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Tölz" or "toys"?
"Tölz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,337 in our German list, against #33,858 for "toys". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Tölz" and "toys". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tölz" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #910,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tölz" and "toys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs toys". 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 #910,773 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