# luck vs Luo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### luck
*noun · IPA /lʌk/ · frequency rank #1,312*
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luck-vs-luo