LottvslotteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Lott is a name, lotte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lott” is a name and “lotte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,716
“Lott” frequency rank
#29,353
“lotte” frequency rank
63069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lott lotte
Definition A surname. burbot (fish)

Letter map: Lott vs lotte

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lott and lotte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Lott runs 4 letters (CVCC) against lotte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Lott
5 ch
lotte

Grammar separator: Lott vs lotte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lott is aname and lotteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Lott” sits inside “lotte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lott is recorded at frequency rank #33,716, classified as aname, pronounced /lɒt/. lotte is at rank #29,353, tagged as anoun.

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 63069, this pair ranks #85,065 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lott vs lotte

Shared letters: lot. Private to "Lott": -. Private to "lotte": e.

"Lott" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lott ← llott · ltot · oltt
  • lotte ← llotte · lote · lotet · ltote · oltte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lott" and "lotte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lott" is a name and "lotte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Lott" or "lotte" show up more?
"lotte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,353 in our English list, against #33,716 for "Lott". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lott" and "lotte".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lott" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,065 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lott" and "lotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lope vs Lott". 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 #85,065 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list