Which to use
“loch” is a noun and “loth” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,033
- “loch” frequency rank
- #45,714
- “loth” frequency rank
- 81747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loch | loth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plan d’eau, lac, fjord, estuaire, baie ou crique en Écosse ou en Irlande. | Variante orthographique de loath. |
Letter map: loch vs loth
Shared letters muted; letters that set loch and loth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. loch and loth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for loch / loth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loch is anoun and lothanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “loch” becomes t in “loth”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loch is recorded at frequency rank #36,033, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔk\. 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 81747, this pair ranks #18,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loch vs loth
Shared letters: hlo. Private to "loch": c. Private to "loth": t.
"loch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loch" and "loth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "loch" or "loth" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "loch" vs "loth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "loch" 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 #18,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loch" and "loth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs loth". 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 #18,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.