Cath
/kæθ/
"cath" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cath” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,725
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cath · Cath · English
Cath · rank #32,725 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,725
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Catania
Nearest frequency peer: Catania (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Cath”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cardiologist
cardiologist
67,280 corpus weight
- carelessly
carelessly
67,279 corpus weight
- carotid
carotid
67,278 corpus weight
- Catania
Catania
67,277 corpus weight
- Cath
Cath
67,276 corpus weight
- charade
charade
67,272 corpus weight
What this shows “Cath” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kæθ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cath”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Cath (IPA /kæθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,725 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cath, with forms such as "acth", "cathh", and "catth". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CT", "ch", "cut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of Catherine. The correct English form is Cath, spelled C-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
Etymology
Clipping of Catherine.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acth
- cathh
- catth
- ccath
- ctah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cath - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cath", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).