Which to use
“toil” is a noun and “Toth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,054
- “toil” frequency rank
- #49,105
- “Toth” frequency rank
- 77159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toil | Toth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | A surname from Hungarian. |
Letter map: toil vs Toth
Shared letters muted; letters that set toil and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. toil (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 toil / Toth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toil 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 77159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toil is recorded at frequency rank #28,054, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɔɪl/. 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 77159, this pair ranks #28,035 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toil vs Toth
Shared letters: ot. Private to "toil": il. Private to "Toth": h.
"toil" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toil" and "Toth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "toil" or "Toth"?
Useful next steps
Pair "toil" vs "Toth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "toil" 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 #28,035 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toil" 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 #28,035 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.