Which to use
“loo” and “loos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,432
- “loo” frequency rank
- #46,271
- “loos” frequency rank
- 93703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loo | loos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cabinets, toilettes, waters, petit coin (pièce destinée à faire ses besoins). | Pluriel de loo. |
Where the eye mixes loo and loos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. loo runs 3 letters (CVV) against loos's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between loo and loos
A purely visual mix-up. loo (\lu\) and loos (\luz\) 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 “loos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93703, 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\. loos is at rank #46,271, tagged as anoun, pronounced \luz\.
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 93703, this pair ranks #2,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loo vs loos
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loo": -. Private to "loos": s.
"loo" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "loos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loos ← lloos · looss · loso · olos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loo" for "loos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "loo" or "loos"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "loo" and "loos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "loo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loo" and "loos" 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 #2,099 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.