# Lars vs Lau

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lars
*name · frequency rank #17,172*
A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.

### Lau
*name · IPA /laʊ/ · frequency rank #20,408*
A surname from Chinese.

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