# look vs los

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### look
*verb · IPA /lʊk/ · frequency rank #151*
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

### los
*noun · IPA /lɒs/ · frequency rank #1,728*
A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/look-vs-los