look

[lʊk]

/[lʊk]/ verb

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The verdict

“look” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,324) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,324
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schauen, sehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-look · look · German

look · rank #6,324 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,324
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH lehren

Nearest frequency peer: lehren (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „look“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „look“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

look vs Los
25% similar
look vs low
50% similar
look vs Lot
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for look
PropertyValue
Headwordlook
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[lʊk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,324
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „look“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).lookliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „lehren“ (#6,323), „ländlichen“ (#6,325), „lege“ (#6,322). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „look“ bei #6,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for look is neighbouring look-alikes ("Los", "low", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [lʊk]. Frequency #6,324 among 2,640 “L” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for look, with forms such as "llook", "loko", and "lookk". 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", "low", "Lot", 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 look, spelled L-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    schauen, sehen
  2. 2
    anschauen, betrachten
  3. 3
    suchen
  4. 4
    aussehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how look appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "At the window a face looks back out and for a moment is caught in the moonlight, then its ducks back inside to carry on with its business."
  2. Don't look at me!

Synonyms

beholdexaminenoticeseesearchconsiderexamineinspectinvestigateobservestudycontemplategazeregardscansurveyviewanticipateawaitexpectconsiderheedmindwatchfacefrontappearseem

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llook
  • loko
  • lookk
  • olok

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of look - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

llook1loko2lookk1olok2
Edit distance from "look"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "look"?
"look" is spelled L-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is [lʊk].
What does "look" mean?
As a verb, "look" means: schauen, sehen
What words are commonly confused with "look"?
"look" is commonly confused with "Los", "low", "Lot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "look"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "look" is [lʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "look" come from?
"look" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "look", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lege#6,322Genf#6,301satt#6,348fakt#6,295

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list