Which to use
“los” is an article and “love” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8
- “los” frequency rank
- #4,262
- “love” frequency rank
- 4270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | los | love |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artículo determinado masculino plural. El singular es lo. | Amar. |
Where the eye mixes los and love
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: los vs love
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: los is [los] while love is /lʌv/. 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 (article vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
los is recorded at frequency rank #8, classified as anarticle, pronounced [los]. love is at rank #4,262, tagged as averb, pronounced /lʌv/.
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 4270, this pair ranks #316,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of los vs love
Shared letters: lo. Private to "los": s. Private to "love": ev.
"los" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "love" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- love ← llove · lobe · loev · lovve · lvoe · olve
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "los" and "love" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "los" or "love"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "los" and "love" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "los" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "love" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "los" and "love" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "livre vs love". 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 #316,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.