LechvslothTell them apart

Quick tell: Lech is a name, loth is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lech” is a name and “loth” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,423
“Lech” frequency rank
#45,714
“loth” frequency rank
93137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lech loth
Definition Prénom masculin. Variante orthographique de loath.

Letter map: Lech vs loth

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lech and loth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Lech and loth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Lech
4 ch
loth

Grammar separator: Lech vs loth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lech is aname and lothanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lech is recorded at frequency rank #47,423, classified as aname, pronounced \lɛx\. loth is at rank #45,714, tagged as anadj.

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 93137, this pair ranks #2,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lech vs loth

Shared letters: hl. Private to "Lech": ce. Private to "loth": ot.

"Lech" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lech ← elch · lceh · lecch · lechh · lehc · llech
  • loth ← lloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lech" and "loth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lech" is a name and "loth" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Lech" or "loth" show up more?
"loth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,714 in our French list, against #47,423 for "Lech". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lech" and "loth".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lech" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lech" and "loth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lech vs lep". 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 #2,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list