togavsTothWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#40,479
“toga” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
89584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toga Toth
Definition A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: toga vs Toth

Shared letters muted; letters that set toga and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. toga (CVCV) and Toth (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
toga
4 ch
Toth

Grammar separator: toga vs Toth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toga 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 89584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toga is recorded at frequency rank #40,479, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtəʊ.ɡə/. 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 89584, this pair ranks #5,044 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of toga vs Toth

Shared letters: ot. Private to "toga": ag. Private to "Toth": h.

"toga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toga ← otga · tgoa · toag · togga · ttoga
  • Toth ← otth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "toga" for "Toth" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toga" is a noun and "Toth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "toga" vs "Toth" - which ranks higher?
"toga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,479 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "toga" 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 #5,044 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toga" 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 #5,044 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