likes vs Luke, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“likes” is a verb and “Luke” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,771
“likes” frequency rank: #9,945
“Luke” frequency rank: 26716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	likes	Luke
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs like	eine klappbare Tür; eine verschließbare Öffnung

Letter map: likes vs Luke

Shared letters muted; letters that set likes and Luke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

likes

4 ch

Luke

Role in the sentence - likes and Luke

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: likes is averb and Lukeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

likes is recorded at frequency rank #16,771, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Luke is at rank #9,945, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈluːkə].

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 26716, this pair ranks #1,813,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of likes vs Luke

Shared letters: ekl. Private to "likes": is. Private to "Luke": u.

"likes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Luke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

likes ← ilkes · lieks · likess · likkes · likse · lkies · llikes
Luke ← lkue · lluke · luek · lukke · ulke

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "likes" and "Luke" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "likes" is a verb and "Luke" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "likes" vs "Luke" - which ranks higher?

"Luke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,945 in our German list, against #16,771 for "likes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "likes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Luke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,813,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"likes" and "Luke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "likes vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,813,611 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.