lâcher prise
\lɑ.ʃe pʁiz\
The verdict
“lâcher prise” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Laisser aller ce qu’on tenait avec force.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lâcher prise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɑ.ʃe pʁiz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lâcher prise” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lâcher prise is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ.ʃe pʁiz\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for lâcher prise in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lâcher prise, spelled L-Â-C-H-E-R- -P-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Laisser aller ce qu’on tenait avec force.
- 2Cesser une poursuite, une dispute, un combat, etc.
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.
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Using “lâcher prise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-Â-C-H-E-R- -P-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɑ.ʃe pʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.