# let's

> English word · Verb · IPA /lɛts/ · frequency rank #712

## Definitions
1. Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
2. Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional

## Etymology
Contraction of let us. Compare non-contracted Dutch laat ons, German lass uns (speaker with one other person) / lasst uns (speaker with more other persons) and Swedish låt oss.

## Easily confused with
- **lots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lots)
- **lets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lets)
- **Leto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-leto)
- **Lewis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lewis)
- **lotus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lotus)
- **Lexus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lexus)
- **Lewes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lewes)
- **Levis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-levis)
- **Levi's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-levi-s)
- **let** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-vs-let-s)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/les-vs-let-s)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/less-vs-let-s)
- **legs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legs-vs-let-s)
- **lens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lens-vs-let-s)
- **lees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lees-vs-let-s)
- **leads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leads-vs-let-s)
- **Leeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leeds-vs-let-s)
- **leaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaks-vs-let-s)
- **leafs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leafs-vs-let-s)
- **leaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaps-vs-let-s)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elt's`, `le'ts`, `let'ss`, `lets'`, `lett's`, `llet's`, `lte's`

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