# loaf vs Loeb

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### loaf
*noun · IPA /ləʊf/ · frequency rank #15,210*
A block of bread after baking.

### Loeb
*name · IPA /ləʊb/ · frequency rank #27,906*
A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

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