Which to use
“last” is an adjective and “LSAT” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #141
- “last” frequency rank
- #47,168
- “LSAT” frequency rank
- 47309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | last | LSAT |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. | Initialism of Law School Admission Test. |
Where the eye mixes last and LSAT
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: last vs LSAT
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: last is /lɑːst/ while LSAT is /ˈɛlsæt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (as ↔ sa) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
last is recorded at frequency rank #141, classified as anadj, pronounced /lɑːst/. LSAT is at rank #47,168, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈɛlsæt/.
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 47309, this pair ranks #203,634 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of last vs LSAT
Shared letters: alst. Private to "last": -. Private to "LSAT": -.
"last" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "LSAT" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "last" for "LSAT" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "last" or "LSAT" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "last" and "LSAT" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "last" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "LSAT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,634 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "last" and "LSAT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LSAT vs LSC". 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 #203,634 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.