LodvsLokiWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Lod” and “Loki” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,309
“Lod” frequency rank
#20,418
“Loki” frequency rank
64727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lod Loki
Definition A city in Israel. The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Letter map: Lod vs Loki

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

3 ch
Lod
4 ch
Loki

Pair insight - Lod / Loki

Lod and Loki are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lod is recorded at frequency rank #44,309, classified as aname. Loki is at rank #20,418, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈləʊki/.

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 64727, this pair ranks #76,251 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lod vs Loki

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Lod": d. Private to "Loki": ik.

"Lod" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Loki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lokilkoi · lloki · loik · lokki · olki

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lod" for "Loki" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Lod" vs "Loki" - which ranks higher?
"Loki" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,418 in our English list, against #44,309 for "Lod". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Lod" and "Loki". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lod" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Loki" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,251 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lod" and "Loki" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lod vs LSC". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #76,251 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