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

#29,284
“looks” frequency rank
#36,656
“losas” frequency rank
65940
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature looks losas
Definition Forma del plural de look ('miradas') Forma del plural de losa.

Where the eye mixes looks and losas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. looks (CVVCC) and losas (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
looks
5 ch
losas

Look-alike desk: looks vs losas

A purely visual mix-up. looks ([lʊks]) and losas ([ˈlosas]) 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 65940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

looks is recorded at frequency rank #29,284, classified as anoun, pronounced [lʊks]. losas is at rank #36,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlosas].

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 65940, this pair ranks #41,221 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of looks vs losas

Shared letters: los. Private to "looks": k. Private to "losas": a.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • looks ← llooks · lokos · loks · lookks · lookss · loosk · oloks
  • losas ← llosas · loass · losass · lossas · lsoas · olsas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "looks" for "losas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([lʊks] versus [ˈlosas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "looks" vs "losas" - which ranks higher?
"looks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,284 in our Spanish list, against #36,656 for "losas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "looks" and "losas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "looks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "losas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,221 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "looks" and "losas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lanas vs losas". 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 #41,221 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