# Lars vs les

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### les
*adjective · IPA /lɛz/ · frequency rank #6,067*
Clipping of lesbian.

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