loh vs love, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,776
“loh” frequency rank: #2,844
“love” frequency rank: 47620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	loh	love
Definition	2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs lohen	innige Zuneigung für jemanden oder etwas; Liebe

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set loh and love apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

loh

4 ch

love

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: loh is [loː] while love is [lʌv]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loh is recorded at frequency rank #44,776, classified as averb, pronounced [loː]. 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 47620, this pair ranks #1,277,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of loh vs love

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loh": h. Private to "love": ev.

"loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

love ← llove · loev · lovve · lvoe · olve

Frequency comparison

loh#44,776

love#2,844

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loh" and "love" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loh" is a verb and "love" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "loh" or "love"?

"love" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,844 in our German list, against #44,776 for "loh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering loh vs love

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “loh”; for a noun, it's “love”.
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