# Lau vs le

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lau
*name · IPA /laʊ/ · frequency rank #20,408*
A surname from Chinese.

### le
*article · IPA /lə/ · frequency rank #3,005*
the

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