loch
/lɔx/
"loch" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“loch” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,064
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lake.
Corpus desk
Index EN-loch · loch · English
loch · rank #16,064 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,064
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH liquidity
Nearest frequency peer: liquidity (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “loch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- layered
layered
83,940 corpus weight
- lieu
lieu
83,939 corpus weight
- liquidity
liquidity
83,938 corpus weight
- loch
loch
83,937 corpus weight
- Lola
Lola
83,936 corpus weight
- lotion
lotion
83,935 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “loch” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | loch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɔx/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “loch” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around loch (IPA /lɔx/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,064 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for loch, with forms such as "lcoh", "lloch", and "locch". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lot", "low", "lol", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch. Doublet of lay, Looe, and lough. The correct English form is loch, spelled L-O-C-H.
Definition
- 1A lake.
- 2A bay or arm of the sea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how loch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The greater part of Leuchars Loch belonged to the Inneses of Leuchars, Cotts to the Inneses of Innes; and while thus poſſeſſed, many unſucceſsful attempts to drain both, by canals, to the river Loſſie, ſeem to have been made. […] [A] very ordinary fall of rain raiſes it [the river] far beyond its natural bounds; and the immediate conſequence of ſuch flood…
But, enchanting as are the woodland banks of the quiet stream, there is to me a higher and yet more powerful charm in the solitary wildness or savage grandeur of the Highland loch.
Etymology
From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch. Doublet of lay, Looe, and lough.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcoh
- lloch
- locch
- lochh
- lohc
- olch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.