# LA vs le

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### LA
*noun · IPA /ˌɛl ˈeɪ/ · frequency rank #947*
Initialism of left atrium.

### le
*article · IPA /lə/ · frequency rank #3,005*
the

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