Which to use
“look” and “loos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,474
- “look” frequency rank
- #46,271
- “loos” frequency rank
- 51745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | look | loos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aspect, apparence, style, allure. | Pluriel de loo. |
Where the eye mixes look and loos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between look and loos
A purely visual mix-up. look (\luk\) 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 a single letter - k in “look” becomes s in “loos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
look is recorded at frequency rank #5,474, classified as anoun, pronounced \luk\. 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 51745, this pair ranks #152,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of look vs loos
Shared letters: lo. Private to "look": k. Private to "loos": s.
"look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "loos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "look" and "loos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "look" vs "loos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "look" 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 #152,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "look" and "loos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs loos". 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 #152,782 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.