# los

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɒs/ · frequency rank #1,728

## Definitions
1. A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.

## Easily confused with
- **Lt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lt)
- **LP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lp)
- **Ls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-ls)
- **lu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lu)
- **LV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lv)
- **LR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lr)
- **lx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lx)
- **LZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lz)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-low)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lou)
- **LSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lsu)
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lux)
- **LSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lsd)
- **lug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lug)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-luv)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lyn)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-luz)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lui)
- **Luo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-luo)

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