lase
/ˈleɪz/verb
lase is spelled L-A-S-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, lase means “To use a laser beam on, as for cutting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lase?
| Letters | 4: L-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lase?
Lase appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lase?
- /ˈleɪz/
Lase has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lays.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lase
Sounds like: laze (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lase?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lase.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sale, seal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lase
- lases present, singular, he/she/it
- lasing participle, present
- lased participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.
The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.
- 2
To use a laser beam on, as for targeting or rangefinding.
The commander lased the target across the valley.
- 3
To operate as a laser; to release coherent light due to stimulation.
Once enough of the gas particles are in a higher energy state, they will begin to lase and give off a coherent beam.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lase come from?
Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).