lâchais

\la.ʃɛ\

/\la.ʃɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“lâchais” is uncommon French (frequency #84,985 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,985
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lâcher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lachais · lâchais · French

lâchais · rank #84,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,985
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lupino

Nearest frequency peer: lupino (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « lâchais »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lâchais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lâchais
PropertyValue
Headwordlâchais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\la.ʃɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lâchais » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lâchaistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « lupino » (#84,984), « lécithine » (#84,986), « légumineuse » (#84,987). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lâchais » est au #84,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lâchais is uncommon French at frequency #84,985 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \la.ʃɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lâchais, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lâchais, spelled L-Â-C-H-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lâcher.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lâcher.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lâchais"?
"lâchais" is spelled L-Â-C-H-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \la.ʃɛ\.
What does "lâchais" mean?
As a verb, "lâchais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de lâcher.
How do you pronounce "lâchais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lâchais" is \la.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lâchais" come from?
"lâchais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lâchais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list