# laud vs luv

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### laud
*noun · IPA /lɔːd/ · frequency rank #47,152*
Glorification or praise.

### luv
*noun · IPA /lʌv/ · frequency rank #25,830*
Deliberate misspelling of love.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laud-vs-luv