lomosvslooksTell them apart

Which to use

“lomos” and “looks” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,661
“lomos” frequency rank
#29,284
“looks” frequency rank
63945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lomos looks
Definition Forma del plural de lomo. Forma del plural de look ('miradas')

Where the eye mixes lomos and looks

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lomos (CVCVC) and looks (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
lomos
5 ch
looks

Visual trap between lomos and looks

A purely visual mix-up. lomos ([ˈlomos]) and looks ([lʊks]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lomos is recorded at frequency rank #34,661, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈlomos]. looks is at rank #29,284, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lʊks].

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 63945, this pair ranks #47,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lomos vs looks

Shared letters: los. Private to "lomos": m. Private to "looks": k.

"lomos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "looks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lomos ← llomos · lmoos · lommos · lomoss · lomso · looms
  • looks ← llooks · lokos · loks · lookks · lookss · loosk · oloks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lomos" for "looks" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈlomos] versus [lʊks]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lomos" vs "looks" - which ranks higher?
"looks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,284 in our Spanish list, against #34,661 for "lomos". 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 "lomos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "looks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lomos" and "looks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "locus vs lomos". 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 #47,082 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