Which to use
“look” is a noun and “loth” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,474
- “look” frequency rank
- #45,714
- “loth” frequency rank
- 51188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | look | loth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aspect, apparence, style, allure. | Variante orthographique de loath. |
Letter map: look vs loth
Shared letters muted; letters that set look and loth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for look / loth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: look is anoun and lothanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51188, 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\. loth is at rank #45,714, tagged as anadj.
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 51188, this pair ranks #156,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of look vs loth
Shared letters: lo. Private to "look": k. Private to "loth": ht.
"look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "loth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "look" for "loth" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "look" or "loth" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "look" and "loth".
- Full dictionary entry for "look" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "look" and "loth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs loth". 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 #156,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.