totovstutsConfusable pair

Quick tell: toto is a pronoun, tuts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“toto” is a pronoun and “tuts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,096
“toto” frequency rank
#42,878
“tuts” frequency rank
60974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toto tuts
Definition Verstärkung des Demonstrativpronomens „to“: Neutrum, Nominativ und Akkusativ, Singular des Demonstrativpronomens tento 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tut

Letter map: toto vs tuts

Shared letters muted; letters that set toto and tuts apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. toto (CVCV) and tuts (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
toto
4 ch
tuts

Part-of-speech tell for toto / tuts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toto is apronoun and tutsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toto is recorded at frequency rank #18,096, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈtɔtɔ]. tuts is at rank #42,878, 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 60974, this pair ranks #766,983 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of toto vs tuts

Shared letters: t. Private to "toto": o. Private to "tuts": su.

"toto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tuts" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toto ← toot · totto · ttoo · ttoto
  • tuts ← ttus · ttuts · tutss · tutts · utts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "toto" for "tuts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toto" is a pronoun and "tuts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "toto" or "tuts"?
"toto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,096 in our German list, against #42,878 for "tuts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "toto" vs "tuts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "toto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #766,983 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toto" and "tuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tuts". 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 #766,983 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