# LAN vs lax

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### LAN
*abbrev · IPA [laːn] · frequency rank #8,904*
lokales Computernetzwerk

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/lan-vs-lax