lipsvsLoksWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“lips” and “Loks” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,262
“lips” frequency rank
#41,325
“Loks” frequency rank
79587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lips Loks
Definition Plural des Substantivs lip Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Lok

Letter map: lips vs Loks

Shared letters muted; letters that set lips and Loks apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
lips
4 ch
Loks

Pair insight - lips / Loks

lips and Loks are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lips is recorded at frequency rank #38,262, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Loks is at rank #41,325, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lɔks].

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 79587, this pair ranks #213,358 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lips vs Loks

Shared letters: ls. Private to "lips": ip. Private to "Loks": ko.

"lips" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Loks" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lipsilps · lipps · lipss · lisp · llips · lpis
  • Lokslloks · lokks · lokss · losk · olks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lips" for "Loks" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "lips" vs "Loks" - which ranks higher?
"lips" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,262 in our German list, against #41,325 for "Loks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "lips" and "Loks". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Loks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,358 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lips" and "Loks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loks vs Loses". 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 #213,358 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