Which to use
“laity” is a noun and “lazily” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,936
- “laity” frequency rank
- #42,231
- “lazily” frequency rank
- 81167
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laity | lazily |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. | In a lazy manner. |
Letter map: laity vs lazily
Shared letters muted; letters that set laity and lazily apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for laity / lazily
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laity is anoun and lazilyanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laity is recorded at frequency rank #38,936, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈleɪ.ə.ti/. lazily is at rank #42,231, tagged as anadv.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 81167, this pair ranks #18,245 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laity vs lazily
Shared letters: aily. Private to "laity": t. Private to "lazily": z.
"laity" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "lazily" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "laity" vs "lazily" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "laity" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lazily" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,245 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laity" and "lazily" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lally vs lazily". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #18,245 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.