locovsLogoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#41,324
“loco” frequency rank
#3,757
“Logo” frequency rank
45081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loco Logo
Definition Ort, Platz, Stelle; auch in Fachwort graphisches Kennzeichen, mit dem sich eine Firma selbst darstellt, als Erkennungszeichen für eine Institution oder (seltener) Person – ein meist künstlerisch gestaltetes oder ergänztes Wort (ein Firmenname, Text oder zumindest Buchstabe oder Schriftzeichen); – ein Ikon oder eine Graphik (auch ohne Wort)

Letter map: loco vs Logo

Shared letters muted; letters that set loco and Logo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. loco and Logo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
loco
4 ch
Logo

Spelling & dictionary notes on loco vs Logo

loco and Logo 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 differ by a single letter - c in “loco” becomes g in “Logo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loco is recorded at frequency rank #41,324, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Logo is at rank #3,757, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈloːɡo].

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 45081, this pair ranks #1,365,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of loco vs Logo

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loco": c. Private to "Logo": g.

"loco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Logo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loco ← lcoo · lloco · locco · looc · olco
  • Logo ← lgoo · llogo · loggo · loog · olgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "loco" for "Logo" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - c in “loco” becomes g in “Logo”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "loco" or "Logo"?
"Logo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,757 in our German list, against #41,324 for "loco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "loco" vs "Logo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "loco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Logo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,365,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loco" and "Logo" 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 #1,365,143 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