# Loew vs los

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### los
*noun · IPA /lɒs/ · frequency rank #1,728*
A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.

## Source
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