tithevsTothConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#33,884
“tithe” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
82989
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tithe Toth
Definition A tenth. A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: tithe vs Toth

Shared letters muted; letters that set tithe and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
tithe
4 ch
Toth

Part-of-speech tell for tithe / Toth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tithe is anoun and Tothaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tithe is recorded at frequency rank #33,884, classified as anoun, pronounced /taɪð/. 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 82989, this pair ranks #14,695 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tithe vs Toth

Shared letters: ht. Private to "tithe": ei. Private to "Toth": o.

"tithe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • titheitthe · tihte · titeh · tithhe · titthe · ttihe · ttithe
  • Tothotth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tithe" for "Toth" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tithe" is a noun and "Toth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tithe" vs "Toth" - which ranks higher?
"tithe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,884 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.

What to do next

Pair "tithe" vs "Toth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tithe" 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 #14,695 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tithe" 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 #14,695 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