lolavslothWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,188
“lola” frequency rank
#45,714
“loth” frequency rank
57902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lola loth
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de loler. Variante orthographique de loath.

Letter map: lola vs loth

Shared letters muted; letters that set lola and loth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lola (CVCV) and loth (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
lola
4 ch
loth

Grammar separator: lola vs loth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lola is averb and lothanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lola is recorded at frequency rank #12,188, classified as averb, pronounced \lɔ.la\. 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 57902, this pair ranks #112,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lola vs loth

Shared letters: lo. Private to "lola": a. Private to "loth": ht.

"lola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lola ← lloa · llola · loal · lolla · olla
  • loth ← lloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lola" and "loth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lola" is a verb and "loth" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lola" vs "loth" - which ranks higher?
"lola" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,188 in our French list, against #45,714 for "loth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "lola" and "loth". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lola" 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 #112,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lola" 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 #112,251 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