Lopez
/ˈloʊ.pɛz/
"lopez" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lopez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,777
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lopez · Lopez · English
Lopez · rank #9,777 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,777
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Latino
Nearest frequency peer: Latino (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Lopez”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Judy
Judy
90,227 corpus weight
- kindergarten
kindergarten
90,226 corpus weight
- Latino
Latino
90,225 corpus weight
- Lopez
Lopez
90,224 corpus weight
- loudly
loudly
90,223 corpus weight
- mechanic
mechanic
90,221 corpus weight
What this shows “Lopez” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Lopez |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈloʊ.pɛz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Lopez”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Lopez (IPA /ˈloʊ.pɛz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,777 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lopez, with forms such as "llopez", "loepz", and "lopezz". 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, "love", "lose", "lowe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicization of Spanish López. The correct English form is Lopez, spelled L-O-P-E-Z.
Definition
- 1A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
- 2A patrilineal surname from Spanish of English speakers.
- 3Misspelling of López, commonly used in English.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lopez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.
Etymology
Anglicization of Spanish López.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llopez
- loepz
- lopezz
- loppez
- lopze
- lpoez
- olpez
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lopez - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lopez", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).