llorévslordWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: lloré is a verb, lord is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lloré” is a verb and “lord” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,602
“lloré” frequency rank
#6,204
“lord” frequency rank
24806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lloré lord
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de llorar. Título de los pares británicos que se antepone al nombre o al apellido.

Where the eye mixes lloré and lord

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
lloré
4 ch
lord

Visual trap between lloré and lord

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lloré is [ʝoˈɾe] while lord is [ˈloɾð̞]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lloré is recorded at frequency rank #18,602, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝoˈɾe]. lord is at rank #6,204, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈloɾð̞].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 24806, this pair ranks #239,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lloré vs lord

Shared letters: lor. Private to "lloré": é. Private to "lord": d.

"lloré" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "lord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lordllord · lodr · lordd · lorrd · lrod · olrd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lloré" for "lord" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lloré" is a verb and "lord" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "lloré" or "lord" show up more?
"lord" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,204 in our Spanish list, against #18,602 for "lloré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lloré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lloré" and "lord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "livre vs lloré". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #239,393 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list