laisser couler
\lɛ.se ku.le\
The verdict
“laisser couler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser aller les choses, ne pas se préoccuper du sujet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laisser-couler · laisser couler · French
laisser couler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 couler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.se ku.le\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
laisser couler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɛ.se ku.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laisser aller les choses, ne pas se préoccuper du sujet.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for laisser couler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is laisser couler, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -C-O-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Laisser aller les choses, ne pas se préoccuper du sujet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laisser couler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous voyez qu’il y a beaucoup de gens dans les compagnies qui commencent à ne plus payer leurs taxes, et beaucoup d’autres qui affectent de laisser couler du désordre dans la police. Cardinal de Retz, mémoires
La décision de laisser couler a été prise au plus haut niveau : le service juridique de Google a conseillé à Sundar Pichai, le CEO de l’entreprise, de ne rien dire.
Synonyms
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.