LohvsloreWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank
#13,950
“lore” frequency rank
61114
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loh lore
Definition A surname. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

Letter map: Loh vs lore

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

3 ch
Loh
4 ch
lore

Grammar separator: Loh vs lore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Loh is aname and loreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. lore is at rank #13,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɔː/.

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 61114, this pair ranks #96,161 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Loh vs lore

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loh": h. Private to "lore": er.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lore ← llore · loer · lorre · lroe · olre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Loh" and "lore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Loh" is a name and "lore" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Loh" or "lore"?
"lore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,950 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 "lore".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Loh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,161 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Loh" and "lore" 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 #96,161 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