LoopvsloosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#21,681
“Loop” frequency rank
#29,226
“loos” frequency rank
50907
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loop loos
Definition Schal aus Wolle oder Stoff in Form eines Schlauches, den man mehrfach um den Hals schlingen kann Plural des Substantivs loo

Letter map: Loop vs loos

Shared letters muted; letters that set Loop and loos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Loop
4 ch
loos

Pair insight - Loop / loos

Loop and loos 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 differ by a single letter - p in “Loop” becomes s in “loos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loop is recorded at frequency rank #21,681, classified as anoun, pronounced [luːp]. loos is at rank #29,226, tagged as anoun, 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 50907, this pair ranks #1,155,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Loop vs loos

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loop": p. Private to "loos": s.

"Loop" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "loos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Looplloop · loopp · lop · lopo · olop
  • looslloos · looss · loso · olos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Loop" and "loos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - p in “Loop” becomes s in “loos”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Loop" vs "loos" - which ranks higher?
"Loop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,681 in our German list, against #29,226 for "loos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Loop" vs "loos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Loop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,155,797 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Loop" and "loos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loos 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 #1,155,797 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