Which to use
“looped” is a verb and “loopy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,869
- “looped” frequency rank
- #43,243
- “loopy” frequency rank
- 74112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | looped | loopy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of loop | Having loops. |
Where the eye mixes looped and loopy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. looped runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against loopy's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: looped vs loopy
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: looped is /luːpt/ while loopy is /ˈluː.pi/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
looped is recorded at frequency rank #30,869, classified as averb, pronounced /luːpt/. loopy is at rank #43,243, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈluː.pi/.
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 74112, this pair ranks #37,385 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of looped vs loopy
Shared letters: lop. Private to "looped": de. Private to "loopy": y.
"looped" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "loopy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "looped" for "loopy" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "looped" or "loopy" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "looped" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loopy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,385 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "looped" and "loopy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loopy vs lope". 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 #37,385 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.