# lac vs li

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lac
*noun · IPA /læk/ · frequency rank #19,379*
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

### li
*noun · IPA /liː/ · frequency rank #4,685*
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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