# lb vs lo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lb
*noun · IPA /paʊnd/ · frequency rank #7,936*
Abbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”).

### lo
*intj · IPA /ləʊ/ · frequency rank #6,373*
look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lb-vs-lo