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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loth" and "lotte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "loth" or "lotte"?
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.