LohvslopWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank
#41,741
“lop” frequency rank
88905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loh lop
Definition A surname. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.

Letter map: Loh vs lop

Shared letters muted; letters that set Loh and lop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Loh and lop follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
Loh
3 ch
lop

Grammar separator: Loh vs lop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Loh is aname and lopaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - h in “Loh” becomes p in “lop”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. lop is at rank #41,741, tagged as averb, pronounced /lɒp/.

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 88905, this pair ranks #5,759 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Loh vs lop

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loh": h. Private to "lop": p.

"Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "lop" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Loh" and "lop" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Loh" is a name and "lop" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Loh" vs "lop" - which ranks higher?
"lop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,741 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Loh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,759 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Loh" and "lop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loh vs LSC". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #5,759 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