lâcher la bride
\lɑ.ʃe la bʁid\
The verdict
“lâcher la bride” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner plus de liberté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacher-la-bride · lâcher la bride · French
lâcher la bride · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lâcher la bride |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɑ.ʃe la bʁid\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lâcher la bride » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lâcher la bride is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɑ.ʃe la bʁid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lâcher la bride has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lâcher la bride, spelled L-Â-C-H-E-R- -L-A- -B-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Donner plus de liberté.
- 2Se laisser aller.
- 3Se laisser aller ; s’autoriser plus de choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lâcher la bride appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous jugez bien que, puisque le régime que je lui avais ordonné ne lui plaît pas, je lâche la bride à toutes ses bontés, et lui laisse la liberté de son écritoire : […]
Tantôt il retient les passions, tantôt il leur lâche la bride, et par là il remue tout le genre humain.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.