# lookup

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,576

## Definitions
1. An attempt to retrieve data.
2. The process of locating a term in a reference work.

## Etymology
Deverbal from look up.

## Easily confused with
- **loop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lookup-vs-loop)
- **look** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/look-vs-lookup)
- **looks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looks-vs-lookup)
- **looked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looked-vs-lookup)
- **lockup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lockup-vs-lookup)
- **lookout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lookout-vs-lookup)

## Common misspellings (8)
`llookup`, `lokoup`, `lokup`, `lookkup`, `lookpu`, `lookupp`, `looukp`, `olokup`

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