withvsworthWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: with is a preposition, worth is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“with” is a preposition and “worth” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,962
“with” frequency rank
#27,450
“worth” frequency rank
32412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature with worth
Definition Con. Valía.

Where the eye mixes with and worth

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
with
5 ch
worth

Why the eye confuses with with worth

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: with is /wɪð/ while worth is /wɜːθ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32412, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

with is recorded at frequency rank #4,962, classified as aprep, pronounced /wɪð/. worth is at rank #27,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɜːθ/.

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 32412, this pair ranks #202,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of with vs worth

Shared letters: htw. Private to "with": i. Private to "worth": or.

"with" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "worth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • withiwth · wiht · withh · witth · wtih · wwith
  • worthowrth · worht · worrth · worthh · wortth · wotrh · wroth · wworth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "with" and "worth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "with" is a preposition and "worth" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "with" or "worth"?
"with" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,962 in our Spanish list, against #27,450 for "worth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "with" and "worth" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "with" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "worth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "with" and "worth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "worry vs worth". 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 #202,097 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list