TogovsTothConfusable pair

Which to use

“Togo” and “Toth” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,125
“Togo” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
78230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Togo Toth
Definition A country in West Africa. Official name: Togolese Republic. A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: Togo vs Toth

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

4 ch
Togo
4 ch
Toth

Corpus notes: Togo and Toth

Togo and Toth are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Togo is recorded at frequency rank #29,125, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/. 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 78230, this pair ranks #25,129 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Togo vs Toth

Shared letters: ot. Private to "Togo": g. Private to "Toth": h.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Togo ← otgo · tgoo · toggo · toog · ttogo
  • Toth ← otth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Togo" and "Toth" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Togo" vs "Toth" - which ranks higher?
"Togo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,125 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Togo" 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 #25,129 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Togo" 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 #25,129 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