lebvsloWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,418
“leb” frequency rank
#11,924
“lo” frequency rank
27342
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leb lo
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leben siehe!, seht!, schaut an!

Letter map: leb vs lo

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

3 ch
leb
2 ch
lo

Part-of-speech tell for leb / lo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leb is averb and loanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leb is recorded at frequency rank #15,418, classified as averb, pronounced [leːp]. 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 27342, this pair ranks #1,803,330 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of leb vs lo

Shared letters: l. Private to "leb": be. Private to "lo": o.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "leb" and "lo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "leb" is a verb and "lo" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "leb" or "lo" show up more?
"lo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,924 in our German list, against #15,418 for "leb". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "leb" vs "lo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "leb" 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 #1,803,330 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leb" and "lo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leb vs Lees". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,803,330 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