thxvstotWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: thx is a abbrev, tot is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“thx” is an abbrev and “tot” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,809
“thx” frequency rank
#1,525
“tot” frequency rank
34334
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature thx tot
Definition danke nicht (mehr) lebend

Letter map: thx vs tot

Shared letters muted; letters that set thx and tot apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
thx
3 ch
tot

Part-of-speech tell for thx / tot

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thx is anabbrev and totanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

thx is recorded at frequency rank #32,809, classified as anabbrev. tot is at rank #1,525, tagged as anadj, pronounced [toːt].

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 34334, this pair ranks #1,665,687 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of thx vs tot

Shared letters: t. Private to "thx": hx. Private to "tot": o.

"thx" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "tot" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "thx" and "tot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "thx" is an abbrev and "tot" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "thx" vs "tot" - which ranks higher?
"tot" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,525 in our German list, against #32,809 for "thx". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "thx" and "tot". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "thx" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,665,687 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "thx" and "tot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thx vs thy". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,665,687 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list