# Loeb vs Loew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Loeb
*name · IPA /ləʊb/ · frequency rank #27,906*
A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

### Loew
*name · frequency rank #48,332*
A surname from German of German derivation (from Loewe or Löwe).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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