# lope vs los

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lope
*verb · IPA /ləʊp/ · frequency rank #49,466*
To travel an easy pace with long strides.

### 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: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lope-vs-los