# told

> German word · Verb · IPA [təʊld] · frequency rank #44,284

## Definitions
1. Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs tell

## Easily confused with
- **Top** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-top)
- **Tor** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tor)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tot)
- **Ton** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-ton)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tom)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-too)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-toy)
- **toll** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-toll)
- **Tour** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tour)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tore)
- **Tote** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tote)
- **Topf** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-topf)
- **Töne** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tone)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-toni)
- **tool** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tool)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-town)
- **toto** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-toto)
- **Tölz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tolz)
- **Tora** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-tora)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/told-vs-toro)

## Common misspellings (6)
`otld`, `tlod`, `todl`, `toldd`, `tolld`, `ttold`

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