lochvsLosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“loch” and “Los” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,033
“loch” frequency rank
#3,148
“Los” frequency rank
39181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loch Los
Definition Plan d’eau, lac, fjord, estuaire, baie ou crique en Écosse ou en Irlande. Destin.

Letter map: loch vs Los

Shared letters muted; letters that set loch and Los apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
loch
3 ch
Los

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

loch and Los are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loch is recorded at frequency rank #36,033, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔk\. Los is at rank #3,148, tagged as anoun.

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 39181, this pair ranks #249,893 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of loch vs Los

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loch": ch. Private to "Los": s.

"loch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Los" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lochlcoh · lloch · locch · lochh · lohc · olch

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "loch" and "Los" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "loch" or "Los"?
"Los" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,148 in our French list, against #36,033 for "loch". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list