las vs lx, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,265
“las” frequency rank: #42,666
“lx” frequency rank: 45931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	las	lx
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs lesen	Lux

Letter map: las vs lx

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

3 ch

las

2 ch

Role in the sentence - las and lx

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: las is averb and lxanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45931, 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]. lx is at rank #42,666, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 45931, this pair ranks #1,336,298 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of las vs lx

Shared letters: l. Private to "las": as. Private to "lx": x.

"las" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lx" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "las" and "lx" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

In ordinary German text, does "las" or "lx" show up more?

"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,265 in our German list, against #42,666 for "lx". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "las" vs "lx" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "las" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lx" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,336,298 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"las" and "lx" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lx vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,336,298 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.