# late vs lax

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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/late-vs-lax