# loud vs Luo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### loud
*adjective · IPA /laʊd/ · frequency rank #2,841*
Of great intensity.

### Luo
*noun · IPA /ˈluː.əʊ̯/ · frequency rank #32,905*
An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loud-vs-luo