Which to use
“loma” is a noun and “lop” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,575
- “loma” frequency rank
- #41,741
- “lop” frequency rank
- 76316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loma | lop |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird. | 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: loma vs lop
Shared letters muted; letters that set loma and lop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. loma runs 4 letters (CVCV) against lop's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: loma vs lop
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: loma is anoun and lopaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loma is recorded at frequency rank #34,575, classified as anoun. 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 76316, this pair ranks #30,434 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loma vs lop
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loma": am. Private to "lop": p.
"loma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lop" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loma ← lloma · lomma · olma
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "loma" and "lop" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "loma" or "lop"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "loma" and "lop". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "loma" 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 #30,434 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loma" and "lop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lop 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 #30,434 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.