worthvsWyethWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: worth is a adjective, Wyeth is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“worth” is an adjective and “Wyeth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#726
“worth” frequency rank
#49,150
“Wyeth” frequency rank
49876
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature worth Wyeth
Definition Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for. A surname.

Letter map: worth vs Wyeth

Shared letters muted; letters that set worth and Wyeth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. worth (CVCCC) and Wyeth (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
worth
5 ch
Wyeth

Grammar separator: worth vs Wyeth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: worth is anadjective and Wyethaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

worth is recorded at frequency rank #726, classified as anadj, pronounced /wɜːθ/. Wyeth is at rank #49,150, 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 49876, this pair ranks #179,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of worth vs Wyeth

Shared letters: htw. Private to "worth": or. Private to "Wyeth": ey.

"worth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Wyeth" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • worth ← owrth · worht · worrth · worthh · wortth · wotrh · wroth · wworth
  • Wyeth ← weyth · wwyeth · wyeht · wyethh · wyetth · wyteh · wyyeth · yweth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "worth" and "Wyeth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "worth" is an adjective and "Wyeth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "worth" or "Wyeth" show up more?
"worth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #726 in our English list, against #49,150 for "Wyeth". 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 "worth" and "Wyeth". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "worth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wyeth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "worth" and "Wyeth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "whet vs Wyeth". 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 #179,462 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