Loop

/[luːp]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,681

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Loop is aGermannoun. It means: Schal aus Wolle oder Stoff in Form eines Schlauches, den man mehrfach um den Hals schlingen kann Pronounced [luːp]. Often confused with LP and Los.

Key facts for Loop
PropertyValue
HeadwordLoop
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[luːp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,681
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Loop in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Loop is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [luːp]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,681 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Loop, with forms such as "lloop", "loopp", and "lop". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LP", "Los", "low", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Loop, spelled L-O-O-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schal aus Wolle oder Stoff in Form eines Schlauches, den man mehrfach um den Hals schlingen kann
  2. 2
    geschlossener Rohrkreislauf, in dem kerntechnische Versuche durchgeführt werden
  3. 3
    Logikkonstrukt in Programmiersprachen, das häufige Wiederholungen von Programmsequenzen ermöglicht
  4. 4
    kurze über ein technisches Konstrukt mehrfach wiederholte Klangfolge
  5. 5
    Sprungfigur beim Eiskunstlauf

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lloop,loopp,lop,lopo,olop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Loop

Misspelling Variants of "Loop"

lloop5loopp5lop3lopo4olop4
Misspelling Variants of "Loop"

Frequency rank: #21,681 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Loop"?
"Loop" is spelled L-O-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is [luːp].
What does "Loop" mean?
As a noun, "Loop" means: Schal aus Wolle oder Stoff in Form eines Schlauches, den man mehrfach um den Hals schlingen kann
What words are commonly confused with "Loop"?
"Loop" is commonly confused with "LP", "Los", "low". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Loop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Loop" is [luːp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Loop" come from?
"Loop" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.