Which to use
“toed” is an adjective and “Toth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,990
- “toed” frequency rank
- #49,105
- “Toth” frequency rank
- 85095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toed | Toth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having (a specified number or type of) toes. | A surname from Hungarian. |
Letter map: toed vs Toth
Shared letters muted; letters that set toed and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. toed (CVVC) and Toth (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for toed / Toth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toed is anadjective and Tothaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toed is recorded at frequency rank #35,990, classified as anadj, pronounced /təʊd/. 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 85095, this pair ranks #10,938 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toed vs Toth
Shared letters: ot. Private to "toed": de. Private to "Toth": h.
"toed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toed" for "Toth" ever safe?
Frequency check: "toed" vs "Toth" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "toed" and "Toth".
- Full dictionary entry for "toed" 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 #10,938 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toed" 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 #10,938 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.