locovsLohrWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: loco is a noun, Lohr is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“loco” is a noun and “Lohr” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,324
“loco” frequency rank
#38,884
“Lohr” frequency rank
80208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loco Lohr
Definition Ort, Platz, Stelle; auch in Fachwort eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Letter map: loco vs Lohr

Shared letters muted; letters that set loco and Lohr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. loco (CVCV) and Lohr (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
loco
4 ch
Lohr

Grammar separator: loco vs Lohr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loco is anoun and Lohraname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loco is recorded at frequency rank #41,324, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Lohr is at rank #38,884, tagged as aname, pronounced [loːɐ̯].

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 80208, this pair ranks #200,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loco vs Lohr

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loco": c. Private to "Lohr": hr.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loco ← lcoo · lloco · locco · looc · olco
  • Lohr ← lhor · llohr · lohhr · lohrr · lorh · olhr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "loco" and "Lohr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loco" is a noun and "Lohr" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "loco" or "Lohr" show up more?
"Lohr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,884 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.

After this comparison

Pair "loco" vs "Lohr" 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 "Lohr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loco" and "Lohr" 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 #200,299 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