Which to use
“Lope” and “López” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,192
- “Lope” frequency rank
- #1,321
- “López” frequency rank
- 18513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Lope | López |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nombre de pila de varón | Apellido español, patronímico derivado del nombre propio de Lope. |
Where the eye mixes Lope and López
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Lope runs 4 letters (CVCV) against López's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Lope vs López
A purely visual mix-up. Lope ([ˈlope]) and López ([ˈlopes]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Lope is recorded at frequency rank #17,192, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈlope]. López is at rank #1,321, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlopes].
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 18513, this pair ranks #267,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Lope vs López
Shared letters: elp. Private to "Lope": o. Private to "López": zó.
"Lope" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "López" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Lope ← llope · loep · loppe · lpoe · olpe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Lope" for "López" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Lope" or "López"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Lope" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "López" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Lope" and "López" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lope vs lotte". 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 #267,620 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.