Which to use
“love” and “luv” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #147
- “love” frequency rank
- #25,830
- “luv” frequency rank
- 25977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | love | luv |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A deep caring for the existence of another. | Deliberate misspelling of love. |
Same sound, different letters: love vs luv
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. love and luv are pronounced identically (/lʌv/) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
love is recorded at frequency rank #147, classified as anoun, pronounced /lʌv/. luv is at rank #25,830, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lʌv/.
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 25977, this pair ranks #390,157 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of love vs luv
Shared letters: lv. Private to "love": eo. Private to "luv": u.
"love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "luv" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- love ← llove · loev · lovve · lvoe · olve
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "love" and "luv" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "love" or "luv"?
What to do next
You've compared "love" and "luv". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "love" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luv" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,157 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "love" and "luv" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LSC vs luv". 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
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.