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Rule "wort vs worth"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: wort vs worth
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>worth</suggestion> (as in 'good enough to justify')?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Wort reading the whole thing.
    Correction suggestion: Worth
  • She said it was wort going there.
    Correction suggestion: worth
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Another common method of energy recovery takes place during the wort cooling.
  • During wort boiling, the humulones are thermally isomerized into iso-alpha acids or isohumulones, which are responsible for the bitter taste of beer.
ID: WORT_WORTH [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)