lassen
\ˈlasn̩\
The verdict
“lassen” is uncommon French (frequency #86,867 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,867
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laisser, ne rien changer, ne pas déranger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lassen · lassen · French
lassen · rank #86,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,867
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lasserai
Nearest frequency peer: lasserai (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lassen »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Langton
Langton
13,138 corpus weight
- lanier
lanier
13,137 corpus weight
- Lardy
Lardy
13,136 corpus weight
- lassen
lassen
13,134 corpus weight
- lasserai
lasserai
13,133 corpus weight
- lauret
lauret
13,132 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lassen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lassen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈlasn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lassen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lassen is uncommon French at frequency #86,867 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈlasn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lassen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lassen, spelled L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Laisser, ne rien changer, ne pas déranger.
- 2Faire que qc. se produise, faire faire ou laisser faire.
- 3Faire, ordonner que qc. se produise. Au passé composé, avec un infinitif complément, lassen remplace gelassen.
- 4Laisser, permettre.
- 5Laisser, céder.
- 6Laisser ou faire (s’é)couler.
- 7Donner une possibilité, en raison de sa nature.
- 8Permettre d'aller, d'accéder à un endroit défini.
- 9hinter sich lassen: Laisser derrière soi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lass die Teller im Schrank!.
Wir haben alles so gelassen, wie wir es vorgefunden haben.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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