Which to use
“lakh” is a num and “Luk” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,258
- “lakh” frequency rank
- #45,495
- “Luk” frequency rank
- 66753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lakh | Luk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000. | A surname. |
Letter map: lakh vs Luk
Shared letters muted; letters that set lakh and Luk apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lakh runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Luk's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - lakh and Luk
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lakh is anum and Lukaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lakh is recorded at frequency rank #21,258, classified as anum, pronounced /lɑkʰ/. Luk is at rank #45,495, tagged as aname.
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 66753, this pair ranks #66,553 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lakh vs Luk
Shared letters: kl. Private to "lakh": ah. Private to "Luk": u.
"lakh" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Luk" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lakh ← alkh · lahk · lakhh · lakkh · lkah · llakh
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lakh" for "Luk" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "lakh" or "Luk" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "lakh" vs "Luk" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "lakh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Luk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,553 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lakh" and "Luk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LSC vs Luk". 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 #66,553 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.