LohvslookWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Loh is a name, look is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Loh” is a name and “look” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank
#151
“look” frequency rank
47315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loh look
Definition A surname. To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

Letter map: Loh vs look

Shared letters muted; letters that set Loh and look apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Loh runs 3 letters (CVC) against look's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
Loh
4 ch
look

Role in the sentence - Loh and look

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Loh is aname and lookaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. look is at rank #151, tagged as averb, pronounced /lʊk/.

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 47315, this pair ranks #203,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Loh vs look

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loh": h. Private to "look": k.

"Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • look ← llook · lok · loko · lookk · olok

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Loh" and "look" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Loh" is a name and "look" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Loh" vs "look" - which ranks higher?
"look" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #151 in our English list, against #47,164 for "Loh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Loh" and "look". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Loh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "look" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Loh" and "look" 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 #203,569 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