# Laos vs Ls

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Laos
*name · IPA /ˈlaʊ(s)/ · frequency rank #18,604*
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.

### Ls
*noun · frequency rank #11,064*
driver's license

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laos-vs-ls