Which to use
“Loh” is a name and “lough” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,164
- “Loh” frequency rank
- #35,390
- “lough” frequency rank
- 82554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Loh | lough |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. |
Letter map: Loh vs lough
Shared letters muted; letters that set Loh and lough apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Loh runs 3 letters (CVC) against lough's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Loh / lough
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Loh is aname and loughanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. lough is at rank #35,390, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɑx/.
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 82554, this pair ranks #15,531 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Loh vs lough
Shared letters: hlo. Private to "Loh": -. Private to "lough": gu.
"Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lough" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lough ← llough · loguh · louggh · loughh · louhg · luogh · olugh
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Loh" and "lough" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Loh" or "lough" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Loh" and "lough".
- Full dictionary entry for "Loh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lough" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,531 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Loh" and "lough" 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 #15,531 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.