lasvsLukWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: las is a noun, Luk is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“las” is a noun and “Luk” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,463
“las” frequency rank
#45,495
“Luk” frequency rank
49958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature las Luk
Definition plural of la A surname.

Letter map: las vs Luk

Shared letters muted; letters that set las and Luk apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
las
3 ch
Luk

Role in the sentence - las and Luk

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: las is anoun and Lukaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

las is recorded at frequency rank #4,463, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɑːz/. Luk is at rank #45,495, tagged as aname.

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 49958, this pair ranks #178,669 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of las vs Luk

Shared letters: l. Private to "las": as. Private to "Luk": ku.

"las" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Luk" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "las" for "Luk" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "las" is a noun and "Luk" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "las" vs "Luk" - which ranks higher?
"las" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,463 in our English list, against #45,495 for "Luk". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "las" and "Luk".

  • Full dictionary entry for "las" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Luk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,669 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "las" and "Luk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LSC vs Luk". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #178,669 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list