# Leh vs lest

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Leh
*name · IPA /leɪ/ · frequency rank #47,155*
A city, the co-capital of Ladakh, India.

### lest
*conjunction · IPA /lɛst/ · frequency rank #14,158*
For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leh-vs-lest