lothvsLutzWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#45,714
“loth” frequency rank
#36,477
“Lutz” frequency rank
82191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loth Lutz
Definition Variante orthographique de loath. Nom de famille allemand.

Letter map: loth vs Lutz

Shared letters muted; letters that set loth and Lutz apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. loth and Lutz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
loth
4 ch
Lutz

Part-of-speech tell for loth / Lutz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loth is anadjective and Lutzaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loth is recorded at frequency rank #45,714, classified as anadj. Lutz is at rank #36,477, tagged as aname.

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 82191, this pair ranks #17,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loth vs Lutz

Shared letters: lt. Private to "loth": ho. Private to "Lutz": uz.

"loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Lutz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loth ← lloth · loht · lothh · lotth · ltoh · olth
  • Lutz ← llutz · ltuz · luttz · lutzz · luzt · ultz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loth" and "Lutz" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loth" is an adjective and "Lutz" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "loth" vs "Lutz" - which ranks higher?
"Lutz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,477 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 "loth" and "Lutz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "loth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lutz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loth" and "Lutz" 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 #17,209 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