loosvsLotusConfusable pair

Quick tell: loos is a noun, Lotus is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“loos” is a noun and “Lotus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,226
“loos” frequency rank
#20,661
“Lotus” frequency rank
49887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loos Lotus
Definition Plural des Substantivs loo wissenschaftlicher Name des Hornklees

Letter map: loos vs Lotus

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

4 ch
loos
5 ch
Lotus

Role in the sentence - loos and Lotus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loos is anoun and Lotusaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loos is recorded at frequency rank #29,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Lotus is at rank #20,661, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈloːtʊs].

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 49887, this pair ranks #1,194,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of loos vs Lotus

Shared letters: los. Private to "loos": -. Private to "Lotus": tu.

"loos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Lotus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loos ← lloos · looss · loso · olos
  • Lotus ← llotus · lotsu · lottus · lotuss · louts · ltous · oltus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "loos" for "Lotus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "loos" is a noun and "Lotus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "loos" vs "Lotus" - which ranks higher?
"Lotus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,661 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "loos" and "Lotus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "loos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lotus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,194,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loos" and "Lotus" 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 #1,194,626 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