# lass vs lost

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lass
*noun · IPA /læs/ · frequency rank #26,145*
A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.

### lost
*verb · IPA /lɒst/ · frequency rank #400*
simple past and past participle of lose

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