# lough

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɑx/ · frequency rank #35,390

## Definitions
1. A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of lay, loch, and Looe.

## Easily confused with
- **lug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-lug)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-lush)
- **luge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-luge)
- **Lugo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-lugo)
- **Louis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-louis)
- **Louie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-louie)
- **lousy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-lousy)
- **louse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-louse)
- **lounge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lough-vs-lounge)
- **log** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/log-vs-lough)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lou-vs-lough)
- **Loh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loh-vs-lough)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-lough)
- **loud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loud-vs-lough)
- **logo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/logo-vs-lough)
- **logs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/logs-vs-lough)
- **loch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loch-vs-lough)
- **laugh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laugh-vs-lough)
- **lodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lodge-vs-lough)
- **leigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leigh-vs-lough)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llough`, `loguh`, `louggh`, `loughh`, `louhg`, `luogh`, `olugh`

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