# lo vs lum

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### lum
*noun · IPA /lʌm/ · frequency rank #47,736*
A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.

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