withvsWörthWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: with is a preposition, Wörth is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“with” is a preposition and “Wörth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,225
“with” frequency rank
#43,646
“Wörth” frequency rank
45871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature with Wörth
Definition mit eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Where the eye mixes with and Wörth

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
with
5 ch
Wörth

Why the eye confuses with with Wörth

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: with is [wɪð] while Wörth is [vœʁt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

with is recorded at frequency rank #2,225, classified as aprep, pronounced [wɪð]. Wörth is at rank #43,646, tagged as aname, pronounced [vœʁt].

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 45871, this pair ranks #1,338,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of with vs Wörth

Shared letters: htw. Private to "with": i. Private to "Wörth": .

"with" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Wörth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • withiwth · wiht · withh · witth · wtih · wwith

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "with" and "Wörth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "with" is a preposition and "Wörth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "with" or "Wörth"?
"with" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,225 in our German list, against #43,646 for "Wörth". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "with" and "Wörth" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "with" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wörth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,338,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "with" and "Wörth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wörth vs Würth". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,338,342 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