Which to use
“last” is a noun and “LT” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,733
- “last” frequency rank
- #12,414
- “LT” frequency rank
- 23147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | last | LT |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poids de deux tonneaux de mer ou 2000 kilogrammes. | Province de Latina. |
Where the eye mixes last and LT
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between last and LT
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: last is \last\ while LT is \ɛl.le.ti\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
last is recorded at frequency rank #10,733, classified as anoun, pronounced \last\. LT is at rank #12,414, tagged as aname, pronounced \ɛl.le.ti\.
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 23147, this pair ranks #354,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of last vs LT
Shared letters: lt. Private to "last": as. Private to "LT": -.
"last" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "LT" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- last ← alst · lasst · lastt · lats · llast · lsat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "last" and "LT" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "last" or "LT" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "last" and "LT" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "last" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "LT" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "last" and "LT" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs LT". 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 #354,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.