ti vs to, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ti” is a pronoun and “to” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#779
“ti” frequency rank: #164
“to” frequency rank: 943
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ti	to
Definition	que diz respeito à tua pessoa	marca o verbo seguinte como infinitivo

Letter map: ti vs to

Shared letters muted; letters that set ti and to apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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Part-of-speech tell for ti / to

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ti is apronoun and toaparticle. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “ti” becomes o in “to”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ti is recorded at frequency rank #779, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈti/. to is at rank #164, tagged as aparticle.

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 943, this pair ranks #74,684 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ti vs to

Shared letters: t. Private to "ti": i. Private to "to": o.

"ti" · 2 letters · shape CV · "to" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ti" and "to" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ti" is a pronoun and "to" a particle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ti" vs "to" - which ranks higher?

"to" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #164 in our Portuguese list, against #779 for "ti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ti" and "to".

Full dictionary entry for "ti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "to" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #74,684 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ti" and "to" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "to vs tufo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #74,684 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.