# lasso

> English word · Noun · IPA /læsˈuː/ · frequency rank #39,891

## Definitions
1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
2. An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

## Etymology
From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

## Easily confused with
- **last** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-last)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-less)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-loss)
- **laws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-laws)
- **lays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-lays)
- **lasts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-lasts)
- **Lazio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-lazio)
- **lesson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-lesson)
- **Lawson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-lawson)
- **Laszlo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lasso-vs-laszlo)
- **las** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/las-vs-lasso)
- **Lao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lao-vs-lasso)
- **lads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lads-vs-lasso)
- **laps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laps-vs-lasso)
- **Lars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lars-vs-lasso)
- **lash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lash-vs-lasso)
- **Laos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laos-vs-lasso)
- **lass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lass-vs-lasso)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laser-vs-lasso)
- **lapse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapse-vs-lasso)

## Common misspellings (3)
`lasos`, `llasso`, `lsaso`

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