# lex vs Ls

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### Ls
*noun · frequency rank #11,064*
driver's license

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