Which to use
“lastly” is an adverb and “Laszlo” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,410
- “lastly” frequency rank
- #47,151
- “Laszlo” frequency rank
- 58561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lastly | Laszlo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions. | A male given name from Hungarian. |
Letter map: lastly vs Laszlo
Shared letters muted; letters that set lastly and Laszlo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for lastly / Laszlo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lastly is anadverb and Laszloaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lastly is recorded at frequency rank #11,410, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈlɑːstli/. Laszlo is at rank #47,151, 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 58561, this pair ranks #111,749 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lastly vs Laszlo
Shared letters: als. Private to "lastly": ty. Private to "Laszlo": oz.
"lastly" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "Laszlo" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lastly" and "Laszlo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lastly" vs "Laszlo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "lastly" vs "Laszlo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "lastly" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Laszlo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,749 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lastly" and "Laszlo" 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 #111,749 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.