# Loeb vs Loki

> 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.

### Loki
*name · IPA /ˈləʊki/ · frequency rank #20,418*
The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-loki