# laid vs Luis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### laid
*verb · IPA /leɪd/ · frequency rank #2,685*
simple past and past participle of lay

### Luis
*name · IPA /luˈiːs/ · frequency rank #7,247*
A male given name from Spanish.

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