lovsloveWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lo is a intj, love is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,924
“lo” frequency rank
#2,844
“love” frequency rank
14768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lo love
Definition siehe!, seht!, schaut an! innige Zuneigung für jemanden oder etwas; Liebe

Letter map: lo vs love

Shared letters muted; letters that set lo and love apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch
lo
4 ch
love

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lo is anintj and loveanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lo” sits inside “love”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lo is recorded at frequency rank #11,924, classified as anintj, pronounced […]. love is at rank #2,844, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lʌv].

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 14768, this pair ranks #1,948,891 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lo vs love

Shared letters: lo. Private to "lo": -. Private to "love": ev.

"lo" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lovellove · loev · lovve · lvoe · olve

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lo" and "love" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lo" is an intj and "love" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lo" or "love"?
"love" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,844 in our German list, against #11,924 for "lo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "lo" and "love". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "love" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,948,891 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lo" and "love" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lo 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list