laisser de glace
\lɛ.se də ɡlas\
The verdict
“laisser de glace” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ne pas provoquer de réaction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laisser de glace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.se də ɡlas\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laisser de glace” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for laisser de glace is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɛ.se də ɡlas\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ne pas provoquer de réaction.".
laisser de glace has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is laisser de glace, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -G-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Ne pas provoquer de réaction.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -D-E- -G-L-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.