LodivslomaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,032
“Lodi” frequency rank
#34,575
“loma” frequency rank
80607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lodi loma
Definition A province of Lombardy, Italy. A lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.

Letter map: Lodi vs loma

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lodi and loma apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Lodi and loma follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Lodi
4 ch
loma

Part-of-speech tell for Lodi / loma

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lodi is aname and lomaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lodi is recorded at frequency rank #46,032, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈloʊdi/. loma is at rank #34,575, tagged as anoun.

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 80607, this pair ranks #19,438 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lodi vs loma

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Lodi": di. Private to "loma": am.

"Lodi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "loma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lodi ← ldoi · llodi · loddi · loid · oldi
  • loma ← lloma · lomma · olma

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lodi" for "loma" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lodi" is a name and "loma" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Lodi" vs "loma" - which ranks higher?
"loma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,575 in our English list, against #46,032 for "Lodi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lodi" and "loma".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lodi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,438 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lodi" and "loma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lodi vs lope". 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 #19,438 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