# Laien vs later

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### later
*adjective · IPA [ˈleɪtə(r)] · frequency rank #31,657*
später

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