# lax vs Leu

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### lax
*adjective · IPA [laks] · frequency rank #43,323*
nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)

### Leu
*noun · IPA [lɔɪ̯] · frequency rank #42,653*
Löwe

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