Loki
[ˈloːki]
The verdict
“Loki” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #33,704 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,704
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Figur aus der nordischen Mythologie
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Loki |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈloːki] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Loki” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Loki is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloːki]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,704 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Figur aus der nordischen Mythologie".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Loki, with forms such as "lkoi", "lloki", and "loik". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Los", "lol", "low", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Loki, spelled L-O-K-I.
Definition
- 1Figur aus der nordischen Mythologie
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lkoi,lloki,loik,lokki,olki
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Loki - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Loki”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-O-K-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈloːki] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Los” - see the side-by-side comparison. Loki vs Los
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.