Which to use
“ath” is an article and “atos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,830
- “ath” frequency rank
- #47,734
- “atos” frequency rank
- 79564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ath | atos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction de la préposition a et de l'article défini eth. | Limite, borne. |
Letter map: ath vs atos
Shared letters muted; letters that set ath and atos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: ath vs atos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ath is anarticle and atosanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79564, 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\. atos is at rank #47,734, tagged as anoun.
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 79564, this pair ranks #22,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ath vs atos
Shared letters: at. Private to "ath": h. Private to "atos": os.
"ath" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "atos" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- atos ← aots · atoss · atso · attos · taos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ath" and "atos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ath" or "atos" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ath" and "atos". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ath" and "atos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atos vs aves". 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 #22,984 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.