# Lori vs lost

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lori
*name · IPA /loɹ.i/ · frequency rank #17,178*
A female given name, popular in the US in the 1960s.

### lost
*verb · IPA /lɒst/ · frequency rank #400*
simple past and past participle of lose

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lori-vs-lost