# late vs lau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### late
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #14,348*
spät

### lau
*adjective · IPA [laʊ̯] · frequency rank #16,210*
von einer mittleren Temperatur zwischen kühl und warm

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/late-vs-lau