lothvslotteConfusable pair

Quick tell: loth is a adjective, lotte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#45,714
“loth” frequency rank
#36,474
“lotte” frequency rank
82188
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loth lotte
Definition Variante orthographique de loath. Poisson de rivière, et des lacs européens, à plusieurs barbillons, appartenant aux gadiformes, de nom scientifique Lota lota.

Letter map: loth vs lotte

Shared letters muted; letters that set loth and lotte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. loth runs 4 letters (CVCC) against lotte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
loth
5 ch
lotte

Role in the sentence - loth and lotte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loth is anadjective and lotteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loth is recorded at frequency rank #45,714, classified as anadj. lotte is at rank #36,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔt\.

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 82188, this pair ranks #17,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loth vs lotte

Shared letters: lot. Private to "loth": h. Private to "lotte": e.

"loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loth ← lloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth
  • lotte ← llotte · lote · lotet · ltote · oltte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "loth" and "lotte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loth" is an adjective and "lotte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "loth" or "lotte"?
"lotte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,474 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "loth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loth" and "lotte" 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 #17,219 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