tashvsTothWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,806
“tash” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
95911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tash Toth
Definition Alternative form of tache (“mustache”). A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: tash vs Toth

Shared letters muted; letters that set tash and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tash and Toth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
tash
4 ch
Toth

Role in the sentence - tash and Toth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tash is anoun and Tothaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tash is recorded at frequency rank #46,806, classified as anoun. Toth is at rank #49,105, 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 95911, this pair ranks #780 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tash vs Toth

Shared letters: ht. Private to "tash": as. Private to "Toth": o.

"tash" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tash ← atsh · tahs · tashh · tassh · tsah · ttash
  • Toth ← otth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tash" and "Toth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tash" is a noun and "Toth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tash" or "Toth"?
"tash" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,806 in our English list, against #49,105 for "Toth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "tash" and "Toth". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tash" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Toth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #780 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tash" and "Toth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toma vs Toth". 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 #780 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