to
[toːˀ]
The verdict
“to” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,128) as a numeral. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,128
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-to · to · Spanish
to · rank #1,128 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,128
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH territorio
Nearest frequency peer: territorio (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “to”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- revista
revista
98,876 corpus weight
- solución
solución
98,875 corpus weight
- territorio
territorio
98,874 corpus weight
- to
to
98,873 corpus weight
- viernes
viernes
98,872 corpus weight
- aplicación
aplicación
98,870 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “to” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | to |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [toːˀ] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #1,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “to” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for to is neighbouring look-alikes ("tú", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anumeral pronounced [toːˀ]. Frequency #1,128 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Dos.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for to, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "TV", "ty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is to, spelled T-O.
Definition
- 1Dos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- "to" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tú". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #1,128 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.