laisse
\lɛs\
The verdict
“laisse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #555
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corde ou lanière dont on se sert pour mener un chien seul ou des chiens attachés ensemble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laisse · laisse · French
laisse · rank #555 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #555
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH existe
Nearest frequency peer: existe (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « laisse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cœur
cœur
99,449 corpus weight
- difficile
difficile
99,448 corpus weight
- existe
existe
99,447 corpus weight
- laisse
laisse
99,446 corpus weight
- malgré
malgré
99,445 corpus weight
- milieu
milieu
99,444 corpus weight
What this shows « laisse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laisse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around laisse (IPA \lɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #555 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for laisse, with forms such as "alisse", "laise", and "laises". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lise", "liste", "lisse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is laisse, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Corde ou lanière dont on se sert pour mener un chien seul ou des chiens attachés ensemble.
- 2Sorte de cordon de chapeau fait le plus souvent de fil de soie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laisse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nô Eusébio siffla les limiers qu’il réunit par une laisse.
Après le décès de sa mère et de son beau-père, la fortune du susnommé s’élèvera à cent mille francs de rente. Cette fortune solide, ou crue telle, est la laisse du chien. « Il tient trop à ce qu’il possède pour ne pas servir loyalement le gouvernement de l’Empereur. » Le mot « loyalement » fait sourire dans ce contexte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alisse
- laise
- laises
- lasise
- llaisse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laisse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).