# late vs lay

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### late
*noun · IPA \lat\ · frequency rank #28,229*
Latte.

### lay
*adjective · frequency rank #27,500*
Variante de lé.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/late-vs-lay