toevsTothConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#6,424
“toe” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
55529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toe Toth
Definition Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: toe vs Toth

Shared letters muted; letters that set toe and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. toe runs 3 letters (CVV) against Toth's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
toe
4 ch
Toth

Grammar separator: toe vs Toth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toe is anoun and Tothaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toe is recorded at frequency rank #6,424, classified as anoun, pronounced /təʊ/. 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 55529, this pair ranks #132,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of toe vs Toth

Shared letters: ot. Private to "toe": e. Private to "Toth": h.

"toe" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Toth ← otth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "toe" and "Toth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toe" is a noun and "Toth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "toe" or "Toth"?
"toe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,424 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "toe" and "Toth".

  • Full dictionary entry for "toe" 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 #132,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toe" 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 #132,954 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