# las vs LW

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### las
*verb · IPA [laːs] · frequency rank #3,265*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lesen

### LW
*abbrev · IPA [ɛlˈveː] · frequency rank #41,327*
Landeswährung

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