Which to use
“looks” and “lopes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #436
- “looks” frequency rank
- #44,310
- “lopes” frequency rank
- 44746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | looks | lopes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of look | plural of lope |
Where the eye mixes looks and lopes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. looks (CVVCC) and lopes (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: looks vs lopes
A purely visual mix-up. looks (/lʊks/) and lopes (/loʊps/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
looks is recorded at frequency rank #436, classified as anoun, pronounced /lʊks/. lopes is at rank #44,310, tagged as anoun, pronounced /loʊps/.
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 44746, this pair ranks #227,728 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of looks vs lopes
Shared letters: los. Private to "looks": k. Private to "lopes": ep.
"looks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "lopes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "looks" and "lopes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "looks" vs "lopes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "looks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lopes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,728 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "looks" and "lopes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lope vs lopes". 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 #227,728 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.