loo vs loth, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#47,432
“loo” frequency rank: #45,714
“loth” frequency rank: 93146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	loo	loth
Definition	Cabinets, toilettes, waters, petit coin (pièce destinée à faire ses besoins).	Variante orthographique de loath.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set loo and loth apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

loo

4 ch

loth

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loo is anoun and lothanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loo is recorded at frequency rank #47,432, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu\. 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 93146, this pair ranks #2,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loo vs loth

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loo": -. Private to "loth": ht.

"loo" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

loth ← lloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth

Frequency comparison

loo#47,432

loth#45,714

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loo" and "loth" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loo" is a noun and "loth" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "loo" or "loth"?

"loth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,714 in our French list, against #47,432 for "loo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering loo vs loth

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “loo”; for an adjective, it's “loth”.
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