# lawyer vs lawyers

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lawyer
*noun · IPA /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #2,162*
A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

### lawyers
*noun · IPA /ˈlɔːjəz/ · frequency rank #3,700*
plural of lawyer

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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