Which to use
“look” is a verb and “Luk” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #151
- “look” frequency rank
- #45,495
- “Luk” frequency rank
- 45646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | look | Luk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. | A surname. |
Letter map: look vs Luk
Shared letters muted; letters that set look and Luk apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. look runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Luk's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for look / Luk
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: look is averb and Lukaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
look is recorded at frequency rank #151, classified as averb, pronounced /lʊk/. Luk is at rank #45,495, 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 45646, this pair ranks #219,269 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of look vs Luk
Shared letters: kl. Private to "look": o. Private to "Luk": u.
"look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Luk" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- look ← llook · lok · loko · lookk · olok
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "look" for "Luk" ever safe?
Frequency check: "look" vs "Luk" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "look" and "Luk".
- Full dictionary entry for "look" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Luk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,269 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "look" and "Luk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LSC vs Luk". 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 #219,269 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.