Which to use
“Loew” is a name and “lost” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,332
- “Loew” frequency rank
- #400
- “lost” frequency rank
- 48732
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Loew | lost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from German of German derivation (from Loewe or Löwe). | simple past and past participle of lose |
Letter map: Loew vs lost
Shared letters muted; letters that set Loew and lost apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Loew / lost
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Loew is aname and lostaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Loew is recorded at frequency rank #48,332, classified as aname. lost is at rank #400, tagged as averb, pronounced /lɒst/.
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 48732, this pair ranks #190,275 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Loew vs lost
Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loew": ew. Private to "lost": st.
"Loew" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "lost" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Loew" for "lost" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "Loew" or "lost" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Loew" and "lost".
- Full dictionary entry for "Loew" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,275 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Loew" and "lost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loew 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 #190,275 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.