Which to use
“lo” is an intj and “lope” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,373
- “lo” frequency rank
- #49,466
- “lope” frequency rank
- 55839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lo | lope |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | look, see, behold (in an imperative sense). | To travel an easy pace with long strides. |
Where the eye mixes lo and lope
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lo is /ləʊ/ while lope is /ləʊp/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lo” sits inside “lope”, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lo is recorded at frequency rank #6,373, classified as anintj, pronounced /ləʊ/. lope is at rank #49,466, tagged as averb, pronounced /ləʊp/.
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 55839, this pair ranks #130,594 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lo vs lope
Shared letters: lo. Private to "lo": -. Private to "lope": ep.
"lo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "lope" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lope ← llope · loep · loppe · lpoe · olpe