LokivsloveTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,704
“Loki” frequency rank
#2,844
“love” frequency rank
36548
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loki love
Definition Figur aus der nordischen Mythologie innige Zuneigung für jemanden oder etwas; Liebe

Where the eye mixes Loki and love

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Loki
4 ch
love

Visual trap between Loki and love

A purely visual mix-up. Loki ([ˈloːki]) and love ([lʌv]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loki is recorded at frequency rank #33,704, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈloːki]. 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 36548, this pair ranks #1,612,800 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Loki vs love

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loki": ik. Private to "love": ev.

"Loki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lokilkoi · lloki · loik · lokki · olki
  • lovellove · loev · lovve · lvoe · olve

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Loki" and "love" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈloːki] versus [lʌv]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Loki" vs "love" - which ranks higher?
"love" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,844 in our German list, against #33,704 for "Loki". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Loki" and "love" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Loki" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "love" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,612,800 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Loki" and "love" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loki 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 #1,612,800 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