LodvslogWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Lod is a name, log is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lod” is a name and “log” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,309
“Lod” frequency rank
#3,826
“log” frequency rank
48135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lod log
Definition A city in Israel. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

Letter map: Lod vs log

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lod and log apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Lod
3 ch
log

Part-of-speech tell for Lod / log

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lod is aname and loganoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Lod” becomes g in “log”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lod is recorded at frequency rank #44,309, classified as aname. log is at rank #3,826, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɒɡ/.

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 48135, this pair ranks #195,932 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lod vs log

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Lod": d. Private to "log": g.

"Lod" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "log" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lod" and "log" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lod" is a name and "log" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Lod" vs "log" - which ranks higher?
"log" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,826 in our English list, against #44,309 for "Lod". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lod" and "log".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lod" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "log" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #195,932 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lod" and "log" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lod vs LSC". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #195,932 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list