# Lamm vs lax

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lamm
*noun · IPA [lam] · frequency rank #14,117*
das junge Schaf

### lax
*adjective · IPA [laks] · frequency rank #43,323*
nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)

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