Which to use
“ath” is an article and “Athos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,830
- “ath” frequency rank
- #36,253
- “Athos” frequency rank
- 68083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ath | Athos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction de la préposition a et de l'article défini eth. | Ancienne seigneurie et commune de France. |
Letter map: ath vs Athos
Shared letters muted; letters that set ath and Athos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: ath vs Athos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ath is anarticle and Athosaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ath” sits inside “Athos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ath is recorded at frequency rank #31,830, classified as anarticle, pronounced \at\. Athos is at rank #36,253, 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 68083, this pair ranks #60,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ath vs Athos
Shared letters: aht. Private to "ath": -. Private to "Athos": os.
"ath" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "Athos" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Athos ← ahtos · athhos · athoss · athso · atohs · atthos · tahos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ath" for "Athos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ath" vs "Athos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ath" and "Athos". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Athos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ath" and "Athos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Athos vs atos". 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 #60,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.