# Loeb

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ləʊb/ · frequency rank #27,906

## Definitions
1. A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Löb, from a dialectal variant of Löwe (“lion”).

## Easily confused with
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-low)
- **lol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lol)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-los)
- **log** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-log)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lou)
- **loo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-loo)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lon)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lor)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lye)
- **lop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lop)
- **lox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lox)
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-loy)
- **Loh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-loh)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-love)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-long)
- **look** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-look)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lost)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lord)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lose)

## Common misspellings (4)
`leob`, `lloeb`, `loebb`, `oleb`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/loeb