laissée

\lɛ.se\

/\lɛ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“laissée” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,261
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laissee · laissée · French

laissée · rank #8,261 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,261
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH laissait

Nearest frequency peer: laissait (-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 « laissée »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « laissée » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

laissée vs lisse
71% similar
laissée vs lasse
71% similar
laissée vs lisée
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for laissée
PropertyValue
Headwordlaissée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɛ.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,261
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laissée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).laisséese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « laissait » (#8,260), « Larry » (#8,262), « jai » (#8,259). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laissée » est au #8,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around laissée (IPA \lɛ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,261 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for laissée, with forms such as "alissée", "laissee", and "laisseé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "lisse", "lasse", "lisée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 laissée, spelled L-A-I-S-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how laissée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. l’une de ses sandales d’airain laissée sur le bord du cratère révéla la tombe et l’orgueil du philosophe, et désapothéosé il s’attira au lieu de la superstitieuse adoration de ses crédules concitoyens, l’éternelle risée de la postérité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alissée
  • laissee
  • laisseé
  • laisée
  • laisése
  • lasisée
  • liassée
  • llaissée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laissée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alissée2laissee1laisseé2laisée1laisése2lasisée2liassée2llaissée1
Edit distance from "laissée"

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 "laissée"?
"laissée" is spelled L-A-I-S-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ.se\.
What does "laissée" mean?
As a verb, "laissée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser.
What words are commonly confused with "laissée"?
"laissée" is commonly confused with "lisse", "lasse", "lisée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laissée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laissée" is \lɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laissée" come from?
"laissée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

légales#8,265incarne#8,254explose#8,240parrain#8,283

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Lucien8 variantsmodule8 variantspaires8 variantspiquer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list