ld vs Lok, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ld” is an abbrev and “Lok” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,065
“ld” frequency rank: #12,122
“Lok” frequency rank: 52187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ld	Lok
Definition	Mathematik: Schreibweise für den Zweierlogarithmus, den Logarithmus zur Basis 2, Kurzform für log₂	Lokomotive

Letter map: ld vs Lok

Shared letters muted; letters that set ld and Lok apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

3 ch

Lok

Part-of-speech tell for ld / Lok

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ld is anabbrev and Lokanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ld is recorded at frequency rank #40,065, classified as anabbrev. Lok is at rank #12,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lɔk].

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 52187, this pair ranks #1,106,677 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ld vs Lok

Shared letters: l. Private to "ld": d. Private to "Lok": ko.

"ld" · 2 letters · shape CC · "Lok" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ld" and "Lok" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ld" is an abbrev and "Lok" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ld" vs "Lok" - which ranks higher?

"Lok" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,122 in our German list, against #40,065 for "ld". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "ld" vs "Lok" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ld" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Lok" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,106,677 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ld" and "Lok" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lai vs ld". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,106,677 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.