totevsTothWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#20,518
“tote” frequency rank
#49,105
“Toth” frequency rank
69623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tote Toth
Definition A tote bag. A surname from Hungarian.

Letter map: tote vs Toth

Shared letters muted; letters that set tote and Toth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
tote
4 ch
Toth

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tote is anoun and Tothaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “tote” becomes h in “Toth”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tote is recorded at frequency rank #20,518, classified as anoun, pronounced /təʊt/. 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 69623, this pair ranks #53,808 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tote vs Toth

Shared letters: ot. Private to "tote": e. Private to "Toth": h.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toteotte · toet · totte · ttoe · ttote
  • Tothotth · tothh · totth · ttoh · ttoth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tote" and "Toth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tote" is a noun and "Toth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tote" or "Toth"?
"tote" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,518 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 "tote" and "Toth". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tote" 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 #53,808 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tote" 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list