lodevsLohWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#41,231
“lode” frequency rank
#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank
88395
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lode Loh
Definition A way or path; a road. A surname.

Letter map: lode vs Loh

Shared letters muted; letters that set lode and Loh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lode runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Loh's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
lode
3 ch
Loh

Role in the sentence - lode and Loh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lode is anoun and Lohaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lode is recorded at frequency rank #41,231, classified as anoun, pronounced /ləʊd/. Loh is at rank #47,164, tagged as aname.

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 88395, this pair ranks #6,399 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lode vs Loh

Shared letters: lo. Private to "lode": de. Private to "Loh": h.

"lode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lode ← ldoe · llode · lodde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lode" and "Loh" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lode" is a noun and "Loh" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "lode" or "Loh" show up more?
"lode" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,231 in our English list, against #47,164 for "Loh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lode" and "Loh".

  • Full dictionary entry for "lode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Loh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,399 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lode" and "Loh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loh 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 #6,399 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