# Laien vs lasen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Laien
*noun · IPA [ˈlaɪ̯ən] · frequency rank #9,234*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Laie

### lasen
*verb · IPA [ˈlaːzn̩] · frequency rank #28,289*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lesen

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