# l vs lx

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### l
*character · IPA /ɛl/ · frequency rank #676*
The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

### lx
*noun · frequency rank #34,169*
Abbreviation of linguistics.

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