LohvsLokiTell them apart

Which to use

“Loh” and “Loki” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank
#20,418
“Loki” frequency rank
67582
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loh Loki
Definition A surname. The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Letter map: Loh vs Loki

Shared letters muted; letters that set Loh and Loki apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Loh
4 ch
Loki

Pair insight - Loh / Loki

Loh and Loki are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. Loki is at rank #20,418, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈləʊki/.

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 67582, this pair ranks #62,678 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Loh vs Loki

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loh": h. Private to "Loki": ik.

"Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Loki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lokilkoi · lloki · loik · lokki · olki

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Loh" and "Loki" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Loh" or "Loki"?
"Loki" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,418 in our English list, against #47,164 for "Loh". 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 "Loh" and "Loki".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Loh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Loki" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,678 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Loh" and "Loki" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loh vs LSC". 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 #62,678 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