laisser tomber
\lɛ.se tɔ̃.be\
The verdict
“laisser tomber” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abandonner, ne pas insister dans ce que l’on avait entrepris.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laisser tomber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.se tɔ̃.be\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laisser tomber” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for laisser tomber is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɛ.se tɔ̃.be\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
laisser tomber has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is laisser tomber, spelled L-A-I-S-S-E-R- -T-O-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Abandonner, ne pas insister dans ce que l’on avait entrepris.
- 2Abandonner une personne.
- 3Laisser tomber un objet au sens propre.
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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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Using “laisser tomber”
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- -T-O-M-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɛ.se tɔ̃.be\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.