Which to use
“loco” is a noun and “loth” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,272
- “loco” frequency rank
- #45,714
- “loth” frequency rank
- 69986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loco | loth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Locomotive. | Variante orthographique de loath. |
Letter map: loco vs loth
Shared letters muted; letters that set loco and loth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. loco (CVCV) and loth (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for loco / loth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loco is anoun and lothanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loco is recorded at frequency rank #24,272, classified as anoun, pronounced \lo.ko\. 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 69986, this pair ranks #53,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loco vs loth
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loco": c. Private to "loth": ht.
"loco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loco" and "loth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "loco" or "loth"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "loco" and "loth". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "loco" 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 #53,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loco" 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 #53,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.