laisser passer
\lɛ.se pa.se\
The verdict
“laisser passer” 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) - Ne pas reprendre, ne pas blâmer, une proposition, une parole, une action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laisser-passer · laisser passer · French
laisser passer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 passer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.se pa.se\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laisser passer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laisser passer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɛ.se pa.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
laisser passer has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is laisser passer, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -P-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ne pas reprendre, ne pas blâmer, une proposition, une parole, une action.
- 2Ne pas remarquer, ne pas apercevoir, une faute, une erreur.
- 3Ne pas donner de suite favorable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laisser passer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoi ! Vous avez laissé passer cette extravagance ?
Laissera-t-on passer un livre si dangereux sans le réfuter ?
This word in other languages
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.