Loh vs Lui, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank: #28,983
“Lui” frequency rank: 76147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Loh	Lui
Definition	A surname.	A surname from Chinese.

Letter map: Loh vs Lui

Shared letters muted; letters that set Loh and Lui apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Loh (CVC) and Lui (CVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch

Loh

3 ch

Lui

Corpus notes: Loh and Lui

Loh and Lui 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. Lui is at rank #28,983, tagged as aname.

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 76147, this pair ranks #30,940 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Loh vs Lui

Shared letters: l. Private to "Loh": ho. Private to "Lui": iu.

"Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Lui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Loh" for "Lui" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "Loh" vs "Lui" - which ranks higher?

"Lui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,983 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 "Lui". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "Loh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Lui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #30,940 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Loh" and "Lui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Loh vs LSC". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #30,940 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.