# La vs lame

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### La
*abbrev · frequency rank #817*
Lanthan

### lame
*noun · IPA [lam] · frequency rank #49,857*
dünne Platte, dünne Schicht, Klinge

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/la-vs-lame