# lakes vs latex

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lakes
*noun · IPA /leɪks/ · frequency rank #5,704*
plural of lake

### latex
*noun · IPA /ˈleɪtɛks/ · frequency rank #17,173*
A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).

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