Which to use
“ditto” is a noun and “Dutton” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,595
- “ditto” frequency rank
- #22,361
- “Dutton” frequency rank
- 39956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ditto | Dutton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. | A placename: |
Letter map: ditto vs Dutton
Shared letters muted; letters that set ditto and Dutton apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for ditto / Dutton
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ditto is anoun and Duttonaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ditto is recorded at frequency rank #17,595, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɪtəʊ/. Dutton is at rank #22,361, tagged as aname.
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 39956, this pair ranks #271,987 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ditto vs Dutton
Shared letters: dot. Private to "ditto": i. Private to "Dutton": nu.
"ditto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Dutton" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ditto" for "Dutton" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ditto" vs "Dutton" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "ditto" and "Dutton". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ditto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Dutton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,987 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ditto" and "Dutton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ditto vs ditty". 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 #271,987 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.