laissent

\lɛs\

/\lɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“laissent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,934
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laissent · laissent · French

laissent · rank #3,934 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,934
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lion

Nearest frequency peer: lion (+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 « laissent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « laissent » 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).

laissent vs lisent
75% similar
laissent vs laisser
75% similar
laissent vs laissez
75% similar

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

Key facts for laissent
PropertyValue
Headwordlaissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,934
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laissent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).laissentse 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 « lion » (#3,935), « jo » (#3,932), « marin » (#3,936). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laissent » est au #3,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around laissent (IPA \lɛs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,934 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for laissent, with forms such as "alissent", "laisent", and "laisesnt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "lisent", "laisser", "laissez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is laissent, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de laisser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les pontons sont flottants, le bambou flexible et les planches disjointes laissent entrapparaître l’eau sale de la ville.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alissent
  • laisent
  • laisesnt
  • laissennt
  • laissentt
  • laissetn
  • laissnet
  • lasisent
  • liassent
  • llaissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laissent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

alissent2laisent1laisesnt2laissennt1laissentt1laissetn2laissnet2lasisent2
Edit distance from "laissent"

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 "laissent"?
"laissent" is spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛs\.
What does "laissent" mean?
As a verb, "laissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser.
What words are commonly confused with "laissent"?
"laissent" is commonly confused with "lisent", "laisser", "laissez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laissent" is \lɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laissent" come from?
"laissent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

moteurs10 variantsfromage10 variantsnavires10 variantsfinance10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list