Which to use
“loo” and “look” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,432
- “loo” frequency rank
- #5,474
- “look” frequency rank
- 52906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loo | look |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cabinets, toilettes, waters, petit coin (pièce destinée à faire ses besoins). | Aspect, apparence, style, allure. |
Where the eye mixes loo and look
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses loo with look
A purely visual mix-up. loo (\lu\) and look (\luk\) 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 extra letter(s) - “loo” sits inside “look”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loo is recorded at frequency rank #47,432, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu\. look is at rank #5,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \luk\.
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 52906, this pair ranks #144,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of loo vs look
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loo": -. Private to "look": k.
"loo" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- look ← llook · lok · loko · lookk · olok
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loo" for "look" ever safe?
Frequency check: "loo" vs "look" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "loo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "look" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loo" and "look" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "longo vs loo". 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 #144,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.