loosvsLosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#29,226
“loos” frequency rank
#469
“Los” frequency rank
29695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loos Los
Definition Plural des Substantivs loo Schicksal, unbeeinflussbares Geschick

Letter map: loos vs Los

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

4 ch
loos
3 ch
Los

Spelling & dictionary notes on loos vs Los

loos and Los 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loos is recorded at frequency rank #29,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Los is at rank #469, tagged as anoun, pronounced [loːs].

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 29695, this pair ranks #1,761,974 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of loos vs Los

Shared letters: los. Private to "loos": -. Private to "Los": -.

"loos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Los" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • looslloos · looss · loso · olos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "loos" and "Los" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "loos" vs "Los" - which ranks higher?
"Los" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #469 in our German list, against #29,226 for "loos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "loos" and "Los". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "loos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Los" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,761,974 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loos" and "Los" 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 #1,761,974 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