loof
noun
loof is spelled L-O-O-F: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loof means “The palm of the hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loof is loofs.
How many letters and syllables are in loof?
| Letters | 4: L-O-O-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is loof?
Loof appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce loof?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-loof.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with loof?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as loof.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fool, floo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of loof
- loofs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loof mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandThe palm of the hand.
- 2
ScotlandThe hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
- 3
obsoleteA contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
- 4
The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
- 5
The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does loof come from?
Inherited from Middle English love, lufe, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old Norse lōfi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).