Which to use
“loth” is an adjective and “loy” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,714
- “loth” frequency rank
- #44,027
- “loy” frequency rank
- 89741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loth | loy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de loath. | Ancienne variante orthographique de loi. |
Letter map: loth vs loy
Shared letters muted; letters that set loth and loy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. loth runs 4 letters (CVCC) against loy's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for loth / loy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loth is anadjective and loyanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loth is recorded at frequency rank #45,714, classified as anadj. loy is at rank #44,027, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lwa\.
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 89741, this pair ranks #5,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loth vs loy
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loth": ht. Private to "loy": y.
"loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "loy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- loth ← lloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "loth" and "loy" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "loth" vs "loy" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "loth" vs "loy" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "loth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loth" and "loy" 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 #5,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.