Which to use
“laud” and “laugh” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,152
- “laud” frequency rank
- #2,214
- “laugh” frequency rank
- 49366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laud | laugh |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Glorification or praise. | An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. |
Where the eye mixes laud and laugh
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. laud runs 4 letters (CVVC) against laugh's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: laud vs laugh
A purely visual mix-up. laud (/lɔːd/) and laugh (/lɐːf/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laud is recorded at frequency rank #47,152, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɔːd/. laugh is at rank #2,214, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɐːf/.
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 49366, this pair ranks #184,321 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laud vs laugh
Shared letters: alu. Private to "laud": d. Private to "laugh": gh.
"laud" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "laugh" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laud" for "laugh" ever safe?
Which is more common, "laud" or "laugh"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "laud" and "laugh" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laud" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laugh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,321 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laud" and "laugh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laud vs lav". 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 #184,321 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.