# lower

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈləʊ.ə/ · frequency rank #812

## Definitions
1. comparative form of low: more low
2. Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
3. Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
4. Older.

## Etymology
From low + -er (comparative suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **lowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowry)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowly)
- **luger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-luger)
- **lowest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowest)
- **Lowers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowers)
- **lowkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowkey)
- **lowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowery)
- **lowered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowered)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/low-vs-lower)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lor-vs-lower)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/love-vs-lower)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lose-vs-lower)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-lower)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowe-vs-lower)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lower)
- **lobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lobe-vs-lower)
- **Loeb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loeb-vs-lower)
- **lode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lode-vs-lower)
- **leer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lower)
- **Loew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loew-vs-lower)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llower`, `loewr`, `lowerr`, `lowre`, `lowwer`, `lwoer`, `olwer`

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