Which to use
“ló” and “loch” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,407
- “ló” frequency rank
- #49,566
- “loch” frequency rank
- 86973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ló | loch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lado de uma embarcação que fica exposto ao vento | curso d'água na Escócia ou na Irlanda |
Where the eye mixes ló and loch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ló vs loch
A purely visual mix-up. ló (/ˈlɔ/) and loch (/lɔk/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ló is recorded at frequency rank #37,407, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɔ/. loch is at rank #49,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɔk/.
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 86973, this pair ranks #530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ló vs loch
Shared letters: l. Private to "ló": ó. Private to "loch": cho.
"ló" · 2 letters · shape CV · "loch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- loch ← lcoh · lloch · locch · lochh · lohc · olch
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ló" and "loch" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ló" or "loch" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ló" and "loch" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ló" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ló" and "loch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs loch". 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 #530 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.