til vs to, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,136
“til” frequency rank: #164
“to” frequency rank: 44300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	til	to
Definition	sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...)	marca o verbo seguinte como infinitivo

Letter map: til vs to

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

3 ch

til

2 ch

Grammar separator: til vs to

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: til is anoun and toaparticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

til is recorded at frequency rank #44,136, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʧiw/. 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 44300, this pair ranks #21,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of til vs to

Shared letters: t. Private to "til": il. Private to "to": o.

"til" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "to" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "til" for "to" ever safe?

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

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

"to" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #164 in our Portuguese list, against #44,136 for "til". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "til" vs "to" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "til" 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 #21,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"til" and "to" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tifo vs til". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #21,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.