Which to use
“frith” and “froth” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,063
- “frith” frequency rank
- #39,329
- “froth” frequency rank
- 86392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frith | froth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Peace; security. | Foam. |
Where the eye mixes frith and froth
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. frith and froth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses frith with froth
A purely visual mix-up. frith (/fɹɪθ/) and froth (/fɹɒθ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - i in “frith” becomes o in “froth”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frith is recorded at frequency rank #47,063, classified as anoun, pronounced /fɹɪθ/. froth is at rank #39,329, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fɹɒθ/.
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 86392, this pair ranks #9,032 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of frith vs froth
Shared letters: fhrt. Private to "frith": i. Private to "froth": o.
"frith" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "froth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frith" and "froth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "frith" vs "froth" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "frith" and "froth" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frith" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "froth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,032 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frith" and "froth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frith vs frothy". 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 #9,032 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.