las vs Lu, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“las” is a verb and “Lu” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,265
“las” frequency rank: #13,892
“Lu” frequency rank: 17157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	las	Lu
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lesen	Lutetium

Letter map: las vs Lu

Shared letters muted; letters that set las and Lu apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

las

2 ch

Grammar separator: las vs Lu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: las is averb and Luanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

las is recorded at frequency rank #3,265, classified as averb, pronounced [laːs]. Lu is at rank #13,892, tagged as anabbrev.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 17157, this pair ranks #1,929,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of las vs Lu

Shared letters: l. Private to "las": as. Private to "Lu": u.

"las" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Lu" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "las" for "Lu" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "las" is a verb and "Lu" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "las" or "Lu"?

"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,265 in our German list, against #13,892 for "Lu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "las" and "Lu". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "las" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Lu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,929,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"las" and "Lu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lai vs Lu". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,929,871 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.