LohrvslowerConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#38,884
“Lohr” frequency rank
#32,156
“lower” frequency rank
71040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lohr lower
Definition eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland niederlassen, niedrig machen, runtermachen

Letter map: Lohr vs lower

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lohr and lower apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Lohr runs 4 letters (CVCC) against lower's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Lohr
5 ch
lower

Role in the sentence - Lohr and lower

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lohr is aname and loweraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lohr is recorded at frequency rank #38,884, classified as aname, pronounced [loːɐ̯]. lower is at rank #32,156, tagged as averb, 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 71040, this pair ranks #428,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lohr vs lower

Shared letters: lor. Private to "Lohr": h. Private to "lower": ew.

"Lohr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "lower" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lohr ← lhor · llohr · lohhr · lohrr · lorh · olhr
  • lower ← llower · loewr · lowerr · lowre · lowwer · lwoer · olwer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lohr" for "lower" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lohr" is a name and "lower" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Lohr" vs "lower" - which ranks higher?
"lower" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,156 in our German list, against #38,884 for "Lohr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lohr" and "lower".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lohr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lower" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #428,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lohr" and "lower" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lohr vs Lori". 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 #428,484 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