lastlyvsLaszloWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: lastly is a adverb, Laszlo is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

6 ch
lastly
6 ch
Laszlo

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

  • lastlyalstly · laslty · lasstly · lastlly · lastlyy · lasttly · lastyl · latsly
  • Laszloalszlo · laslzo · lasszlo · laszllo · laszol · laszzlo · lazslo · llaszlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lastly" and "Laszlo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lastly" is an adverb and "Laszlo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lastly" vs "Laszlo" - which ranks higher?
"lastly" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,410 in our English list, against #47,151 for "Laszlo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list