What would it look like vs how would it look like

Both phrases are commonly used, but 'what would it look like' is more correct and natural in English. 'How would it look like' is less common and can be considered less grammatically correct.

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What would it look like

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask about the appearance or visual representation of something hypothetical or unknown.

Examples:

What would it look like if we painted the room blue?
What would it look like if we changed the layout of the furniture?
What would it look like if we added more decorations?
What would it look like if we used a different font?
What would it look like if we rearranged the elements?

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If we had a real baby, what would it look like?
And if it did, what would it look like?
Okay, so what would it look like if I weren't flirting?
If we did have something, what would it look like?
Now, if you could see this emotion in physical form, what would it look like?
So what would it look like if it was actually as easy to get student loans or veterans' benefits as it is to order cat food to my house?
And we put together people, including people who like education, people like Paulo Freire, and two ministers of education in Brazil and we said, if we were to design a school from scratch, what would it look like?
Seriously, what would it look like if, instead of the illusion of freedom of choice, we actually had a real choice and if we could get rid of all weights hanging around our necks?
What would it look like... if Cousin Andre turns up in the morning a corpse?
What would it look like if we intervened, with rehabilitation as a core value -
What would it look like, feel like, what would you hear if you were successful.
What would it look like if we intervened, with rehabilitation as a core value - with love and compassion as core values?
If the world were controlled by the elderly, what would it look like?
And if you were, what would it look like?
So, if we went to the authorities, what would it look like?
I don't want to say people are basically negative but? ... if there was a camera and it could photograph the pictures in your mind what would it look like?
If dogs have ghosts and Zombies what would it look like? Dog ghosts and dog zombies?
Why? Becoming a neighbor: what does that imply? If I transposed this story into the circumstances of the world today, what would it look like?
But what would it take, what would it look like to have this Star Trek-like utopia, instead of the Matrix-like dystopia?
So, in some of the conflicts between Zeus and Hera I think we can see as the Greeks culturally working out what would it look like if you had two people with equal power within a relationship.

Alternatives:

how would it appear
how would it be
what would it be like

how would it look like

This phrase is less common and can be considered less grammatically correct.

This phrase is also used to ask about the appearance or visual representation of something hypothetical or unknown, but it is less preferred in English.

Examples:

How would it look like if we changed the color scheme?
How would it look like if we added more lights?
How would it look like if we redesigned the logo?
How would it look like if we altered the proportions?
How would it look like if we modified the style?

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how would it look like
Please, how would it look like.
And how would it look for your friend?
And I'm running for the board, so how would it look?
I mean, how would it look for an officer's wife to be tooling around post on a motorcycle?
And if the treatment isn't working, if the infection is getting worse, how would it look then?
I mean, how would it look to the rest of my staff, to my granddaughters?
How would it look if someone saw you?
How would it look if that tank was operational?
How would it look if you were late to your first meeting?
How would it look if I compromised evidence for my first gig as medical examiner?
How would it look if I made an exception for you?
How would it look? Me welcoming you back in now?
How would it look if I kept the wedding couple waiting?
How would it look if my squire rode while I walked?
How would it look if I let you go to work?
How would it look for a married woman to move in with her parents apart from her husband?
How would it look if you're not there for your own husband?
How would it look for your American Olympic Association to have collaborated with us before these games?
How would it look for the French Ambassador to have a spook for a wife?
She was the head of our unit, How would it look if we went public?

Alternatives:

how would it appear
how would it be
what would it be like

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