laisser choir
\le.se ʃwaʁ\
The verdict
“laisser choir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser tomber.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laisser-choir · laisser choir · French
laisser choir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | laisser choir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \le.se ʃwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laisser choir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laisser choir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \le.se ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laisser tomber.".
No misspelling variants are generated for laisser choir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is laisser choir, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -C-H-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Laisser tomber.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laisser choir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la Brie et dans la Picardie, cette lutte s'organisa d'une façon redoutable, sous la conduite d'un chef nommé Jacques Bonhomme, d'où vint, croit-on, ce nom formidable de jacquerie, […]. Il fallut qu'au milieu de ce conflit des factions tous les hommes d'armes laissassent choir leurs dissidences politiques pour se liguer contre cette menace universelle…
Si nous laissons choir, dans un but de simplification des calculs, l'année 1880, d'ailleurs mixte au point de vue légal, il nous restera le chiffre de 16 ans, scindable en deux périodes octannuelles statistiquement équivalentes et s'étendant, l'une de 1881-1889, la suivante de 1889-1897 ([…]).
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.