# Lars vs lax

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### lax
*noun · IPA /læks/ · frequency rank #14,157*
A salmon.

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