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“lambs” and “lass” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,561
- “lambs” frequency rank
- #26,145
- “lass” frequency rank
- 47706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lambs | lass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of lamb | A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. |
Where the eye mixes lambs and lass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lambs vs lass
A purely visual mix-up. lambs (/læmz/) and lass (/læs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lambs is recorded at frequency rank #21,561, classified as anoun, pronounced /læmz/. lass is at rank #26,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced /læs/.
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 47706, this pair ranks #199,939 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lambs vs lass
Shared letters: als. Private to "lambs": bm. Private to "lass": -.
"lambs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "lass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lambs" and "lass" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "lambs" or "lass" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lambs" and "lass" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lambs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,939 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lambs" and "lass" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lass vs LSC". 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 #199,939 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.