Which to use
“Pittsburg” and “Pittsburgh” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,102
- “Pittsburg” frequency rank
- #5,823
- “Pittsburgh” frequency rank
- 43925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Pittsburg | Pittsburgh |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | former spelling of Pittsburgh | A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. |
Letter map: Pittsburg vs Pittsburgh
Shared letters muted; letters that set Pittsburg and Pittsburgh apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Pittsburg and Pittsburgh 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 1 extra letter(s) - “Pittsburg” sits inside “Pittsburgh”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Pittsburg is recorded at frequency rank #38,102, classified as aname. Pittsburgh is at rank #5,823, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/.
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 43925, this pair ranks #235,327 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Pittsburg vs Pittsburgh
Shared letters: bgiprstu. Private to "Pittsburg": -. Private to "Pittsburgh": h.
"Pittsburg" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCCVCC · "Pittsburgh" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Pittsburg ← ipttsburg · pitsburg · pitstburg · pittbsurg · pittsbburg · pittsbrug · pittsbugr · pittsburgg
- Pittsburgh ← ipttsburgh · pitsburgh · pitstburgh · pittbsurgh · pittsbburgh · pittsbrugh · pittsbugrh · pittsburggh