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“lull” and “lutz” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,150
- “lull” frequency rank
- #29,727
- “lutz” frequency rank
- 55877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lull | lutz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A period of rest or soothing. | A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. |
Where the eye mixes lull and lutz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lull vs lutz
A purely visual mix-up. lull (/lʌl/) and lutz (/lʌts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lull is recorded at frequency rank #26,150, classified as anoun, pronounced /lʌl/. lutz is at rank #29,727, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lʌts/.
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 55877, this pair ranks #130,292 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lull vs lutz
Shared letters: lu. Private to "lull": -. Private to "lutz": tz.
"lull" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lutz" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lull" and "lutz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "lull" or "lutz" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lull" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lutz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,292 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lull" and "lutz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lum vs lutz". 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
Confusion rank #130,292 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.