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Which to use

“with” and “worth” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,175
“with” frequency rank
#30,865
“worth” frequency rank
34040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature with worth
Definition Avec, en compagnie de Valant (le prix, le coût ou la peine).

Where the eye mixes with and worth

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
with
5 ch
worth

Why the eye confuses with with worth

A purely visual mix-up. with (\wɪθ\) and worth (\ˈwɝθ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

with is recorded at frequency rank #3,175, classified as aprep, pronounced \wɪθ\. worth is at rank #30,865, tagged as aprep, pronounced \ˈwɝθ\.

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 34040, this pair ranks #286,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of with vs worth

Shared letters: htw. Private to "with": i. Private to "worth": or.

"with" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "worth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • withiwth · wiht · withh · witth · wtih · wwith
  • worthowrth · worht · worrth · worthh · wortth · wotrh · wroth · wworth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "with" and "worth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\wɪθ\ versus \ˈwɝθ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "with" or "worth"?
"with" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,175 in our French list, against #30,865 for "worth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "with" and "worth" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "with" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "worth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "with" and "worth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "worms vs worth". 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 #286,581 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