lag vs lo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#906
“lag” frequency rank: #11,924
“lo” frequency rank: 12830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	lag	lo
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs liegen	siehe!, seht!, schaut an!

Letter map: lag vs lo

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

3 ch

lag

2 ch

Grammar separator: lag vs lo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lag is averb and loanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lag is recorded at frequency rank #906, classified as averb, pronounced [laːk]. 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 12830, this pair ranks #1,961,795 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lag vs lo

Shared letters: l. Private to "lag": ag. Private to "lo": o.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lag" and "lo" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lag" is a verb and "lo" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "lag" vs "lo" - which ranks higher?

"lag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #906 in our German list, against #11,924 for "lo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lag" and "lo".

Full dictionary entry for "lag" 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 #1,961,795 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"lag" and "lo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lo vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,961,795 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.