Which to use
“lock” and “look” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,711
- “lock” frequency rank
- #5,222
- “look” frequency rank
- 27933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lock | look |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fechadura | estilo de moda |
Letter map: lock vs look
Shared letters muted; letters that set lock and look apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - lock / look
lock and look are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - c in “lock” becomes o in “look”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lock is recorded at frequency rank #22,711, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɒk/. look is at rank #5,222, tagged as anoun.
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 27933, this pair ranks #40,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lock vs look
Shared letters: klo. Private to "lock": c. Private to "look": -.
"lock" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "look" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lock" and "look" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lock" vs "look" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "lock" and "look". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lock" 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 #40,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lock" and "look" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs lock". 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 #40,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.