Which to use
“lass” and “lasso” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,145
- “lass” frequency rank
- #39,891
- “lasso” frequency rank
- 66036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lass | lasso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. | A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses. |
Where the eye mixes lass and lasso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lass vs lasso
A purely visual mix-up. lass (/læs/) and lasso (/læsˈuː/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lass” sits inside “lasso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lass is recorded at frequency rank #26,145, classified as anoun, pronounced /læs/. lasso is at rank #39,891, tagged as anoun, pronounced /læsˈuː/.
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 66036, this pair ranks #69,933 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lass vs lasso
Shared letters: als. Private to "lass": -. Private to "lasso": o.
"lass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "lasso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lass" and "lasso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "lass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lasso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,933 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lass" and "lasso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lasso vs Laszlo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #69,933 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.