Which to use
“tops” is an adverb and “Toth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,425
- “tops” frequency rank
- #49,105
- “Toth” frequency rank
- 55530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tops | Toth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | At the very most; as a maximum. | A surname from Hungarian. |
Letter map: tops vs Toth
Shared letters muted; letters that set tops and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tops and Toth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for tops / Toth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tops is anadverb and Tothaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tops is recorded at frequency rank #6,425, classified as anadv, pronounced /tɒps/. 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 55530, this pair ranks #132,951 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tops vs Toth
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tops": ps. Private to "Toth": h.
"tops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Toth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tops" for "Toth" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "tops" or "Toth" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "tops" vs "Toth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tops" 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 #132,951 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tops" 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 #132,951 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.