# lakh

> English word · Numeral · IPA /lɑkʰ/ · frequency rank #21,258

## Definitions
1. One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani लाख or لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), from लक्ष् (lakṣ, “to mark; to sign; to observe, perceive”), possibly from रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to observe (a duty, law, etc.); to guard, protect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”).

## Easily confused with
- **law** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-law)
- **lay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lay)
- **las** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-las)
- **lap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lap)
- **LAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lan)
- **lax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lax)
- **lam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lam)
- **Lao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lao)
- **Lau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lau)
- **LAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lat)
- **lar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lar)
- **Luk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-luk)
- **Leh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-leh)
- **Loh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-loh)
- **lav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-lav)
- **like** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-like)
- **last** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-last)
- **late** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-late)
- **land** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-land)
- **laws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lakh-vs-laws)

## Common misspellings (6)
`alkh`, `lahk`, `lakhh`, `lakkh`, `lkah`, `llakh`

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