lacvsloTell them apart

Quick tell: lac is a noun, lo is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lac” is a noun and “lo” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,041
“lac” frequency rank
#11,924
“lo” frequency rank
48965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lac lo
Definition See siehe!, seht!, schaut an!

Letter map: lac vs lo

Shared letters muted; letters that set lac and lo apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
lac
2 ch
lo

Role in the sentence - lac and lo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lac is anoun and loanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lac is recorded at frequency rank #37,041, classified as anoun, pronounced [lak]. lo is at rank #11,924, tagged as anintj, pronounced […].

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 48965, this pair ranks #1,228,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lac vs lo

Shared letters: l. Private to "lac": ac. Private to "lo": o.

"lac" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "lo" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lac" and "lo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lac" is a noun and "lo" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lac" vs "lo" - which ranks higher?
"lo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,924 in our German list, against #37,041 for "lac". 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 "lac" and "lo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,228,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lac" and "lo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lac vs lame". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,228,995 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list