loopvslothTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#38,401
“loop” frequency rank
#45,714
“loth” frequency rank
84115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loop loth
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de loopen. Variante orthographique de loath.

Letter map: loop vs loth

Shared letters muted; letters that set loop and loth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
loop
4 ch
loth

Grammar separator: loop vs loth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loop 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 84115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loop is recorded at frequency rank #38,401, classified as averb, pronounced \luːp\. 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 84115, this pair ranks #13,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loop vs loth

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loop": p. Private to "loth": ht.

"loop" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • looplloop · loopp · lop · lopo · olop
  • lothlloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loop" and "loth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loop" is a verb and "loth" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "loop" or "loth"?
"loop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,401 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "loop" 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 #13,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loop" 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 #13,543 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