# La vs las

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### las
*verb · IPA [laːs] · frequency rank #3,265*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lesen

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