Which to use
“give” and “giveth” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #185
- “give” frequency rank
- #48,771
- “giveth” frequency rank
- 48956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | give | giveth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. | third-person singular simple present indicative of give |
Letter map: give vs giveth
Shared letters muted; letters that set give and giveth apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. give runs 4 letters (CVCV) against giveth's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: give and giveth
give and giveth are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “give” sits inside “giveth”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
give is recorded at frequency rank #185, classified as averb, pronounced /ɡɪv/. giveth is at rank #48,771, tagged as averb.
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 48956, this pair ranks #188,193 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of give vs giveth
Shared letters: egiv. Private to "give": -. Private to "giveth": ht.
"give" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "giveth" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "give" and "giveth" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "give" or "giveth" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "give" vs "giveth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "give" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "giveth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,193 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "give" and "giveth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "givens vs giveth". 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 #188,193 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.