laisser du mou
\lɛ.se dy mu\
The verdict
“laisser du mou” 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 plus de longueur de corde, de ficelle, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laisser-du-mou · laisser du mou · French
laisser du mou · 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 du mou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.se dy mu\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laisser du mou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laisser du mou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɛ.se dy mu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
laisser du mou has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is laisser du mou, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -D-U- -M-O-U.
Definition
- 1Laisser plus de longueur de corde, de ficelle, etc.
- 2Laisser plus de liberté d’action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laisser du mou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Laisse-leur un peu de mou. Surtout à Mario. Qu’il puisse me rembourser.
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.