toovsTothWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#121
“too” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
49226
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature too Toth
Definition Likewise. A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: too vs Toth

Shared letters muted; letters that set too and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
too
4 ch
Toth

Grammar separator: too vs Toth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: too is anadverb and Tothaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

too is recorded at frequency rank #121, classified as anadv, pronounced /tuː/. 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 49226, this pair ranks #185,606 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of too vs Toth

Shared letters: ot. Private to "too": -. Private to "Toth": h.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tothotth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "too" and "Toth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "too" is an adverb and "Toth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "too" vs "Toth" - which ranks higher?
"too" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #121 in our English list, against #49,105 for "Toth". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "too" 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 #185,606 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "too" 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 #185,606 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