Which to use
“to” is a particle and “toma” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2
- “to” frequency rank
- #49,101
- “toma” frequency rank
- 49103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | to | toma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont |
Letter map: to vs toma
Shared letters muted; letters that set to and toma apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: to is aparticle and tomaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “to” sits inside “toma”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
to is recorded at frequency rank #2, classified as aparticle, pronounced /tuː/. toma is at rank #49,101, tagged as anoun.
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 49103, this pair ranks #186,813 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of to vs toma
Shared letters: ot. Private to "to": -. Private to "toma": am.
"to" · 2 letters · shape CV · "toma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toma ← otma · tmoa · toam · tomma · ttoma