Which to use
“lamy” and “last” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,888
- “lamy” frequency rank
- #10,733
- “last” frequency rank
- 30621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lamy | last |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exemple. | Poids de deux tonneaux de mer ou 2000 kilogrammes. |
Where the eye mixes lamy and last
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lamy vs last
A purely visual mix-up. lamy (\lamʲ\) and last (\last\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lamy is recorded at frequency rank #19,888, classified as anoun, pronounced \lamʲ\. last is at rank #10,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced \last\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30621, this pair ranks #309,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lamy vs last
Shared letters: al. Private to "lamy": my. Private to "last": st.
"lamy" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "last" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lamy" and "last" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lamy" or "last" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lamy" and "last" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lamy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "last" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lamy" and "last" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lago vs lamy". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #309,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.