# less vs lex

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### less
*adverb · IPA /lɛs/ · frequency rank #305*
comparative degree of little

### lex
*verb · IPA /lɛks/ · frequency rank #14,983*
To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.

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