loth

adj

The verdict

“loth” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,714
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de loath.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loth · loth · French

loth · rank #45,714 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,714
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lockhart

Nearest frequency peer: Lockhart (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « loth »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « loth » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

loth vs LT
0% similar
loth vs lou
50% similar
loth vs low
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for loth
PropertyValue
Headwordloth
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,714
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « loth »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lothse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lockhart » (#45,713), « lotis » (#45,715), « livra » (#45,712). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loth » est au #45,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around loth, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,714 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de loath.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for loth, with forms such as "lloth", "loht", and "lothh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LT", "lou", "low", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is loth, spelled L-O-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de loath.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how loth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I was loth to fire, because I would not have the Rest hear

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lloth
  • loht
  • lothh
  • lotth
  • ltoh
  • olth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loth - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lloth1loht2lothh1lotth1ltoh2olth2
Edit distance from "loth"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loth"?
"loth" is spelled L-O-T-H.
What does "loth" mean?
As an adjective, "loth" means: Variante orthographique de loath.
What words are commonly confused with "loth"?
"loth" is commonly confused with "LT", "lou", "low". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "loth" come from?
"loth" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list