# late vs lately

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### late
*adjective · IPA /leɪt/ · frequency rank #456*
Near the end of a period of time.

### lately
*adverb · IPA /ˈleɪt.li/ · frequency rank #3,568*
Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.

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