# La vs le

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### le
*determiner · IPA [lə] · frequency rank #1,852*
der, die, das

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/la-vs-le