# lakes

> English word · Noun · IPA /leɪks/ · frequency rank #5,704

## Definitions
1. plural of lake

## Easily confused with
- **las** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-las)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-les)
- **like** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-like)
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-late)
- **laws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-laws)
- **lies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lies)
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lane)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-luke)
- **lame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lame)
- **lays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lays)
- **laps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-laps)
- **Lars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lars)
- **Laos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-laos)
- **lakh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lakh)
- **lass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lass)
- **lees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lees)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-later)
- **lives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lives)
- **lines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-lines)
- **liked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakes-vs-liked)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alkes`, `laeks`, `lakess`, `lakkes`, `lakse`, `lkaes`, `llakes`

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