Which to use
“locke” is a verb and “loco” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,327
- “locke” frequency rank
- #41,324
- “loco” frequency rank
- 61651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | locke | loco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs locken | Ort, Platz, Stelle; auch in Fachwort |
Letter map: locke vs loco
Shared letters muted; letters that set locke and loco apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. locke runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against loco's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for locke / loco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: locke is averb and locoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
locke is recorded at frequency rank #20,327, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈlɔkə]. loco is at rank #41,324, tagged as anoun, 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 61651, this pair ranks #741,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of locke vs loco
Shared letters: clo. Private to "locke": ek. Private to "loco": -.
"locke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "loco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "locke" and "loco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "locke" or "loco" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "locke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #741,738 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "locke" and "loco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loco 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 #741,738 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.