# locum vs Lou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### locum
*noun · IPA /ˈləʊkəm/ · frequency rank #47,732*
Ellipsis of locum tenens.

### Lou
*name · IPA /luː/ · frequency rank #7,811*
A unisex given name.

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