locovsLohnTell them apart

Which to use

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

#41,324
“loco” frequency rank
#4,371
“Lohn” frequency rank
45695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loco Lohn
Definition Ort, Platz, Stelle; auch in Fachwort Vergütung für eine geleistete Arbeit der Arbeiter

Letter map: loco vs Lohn

Shared letters muted; letters that set loco and Lohn apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
loco
4 ch
Lohn

Spelling & dictionary notes on loco vs Lohn

loco and Lohn 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 45695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loco is recorded at frequency rank #41,324, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Lohn is at rank #4,371, tagged as anoun, pronounced [loːn].

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 45695, this pair ranks #1,344,302 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of loco vs Lohn

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loco": c. Private to "Lohn": hn.

"loco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Lohn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • locolcoo · lloco · locco · looc · olco
  • Lohnlhon · llohn · lohhn · lohnn · lonh · olhn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loco" and "Lohn" be used interchangeably?
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: "loco" vs "Lohn" - which ranks higher?
"Lohn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,371 in our German list, against #41,324 for "loco". 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 "loco" and "Lohn". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "loco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lohn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,344,302 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loco" and "Lohn" 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 #1,344,302 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