lassent

\las\

/\las\/ verb

The verdict

“lassent” is uncommon French (frequency #52,156 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,156
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lasser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lassent · lassent · French

lassent · rank #52,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,156
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Larivière

Nearest frequency peer: Larivière (-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 « lassent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lassent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lassent
PropertyValue
Headwordlassent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\las\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lassent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lassenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Larivière » (#52,155), « Lannoy » (#52,154), « Lemonnier » (#52,158). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lassent » est au #52,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lassent is uncommon French at frequency #52,156 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \las\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for lassent in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lassent, spelled L-A-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lasser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de lasser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lassent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jupiter, qui se lève vers 9 heures du soir, est maintenant activement télescopisé par les amateurs, qui ne se lassent point de voir ses quatre lunes offrir des aspects aussi changeants que doit le faire notre lune pour les observateurs de notre terre postés sur les autres planètes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lassent"?
"lassent" is spelled L-A-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \las\.
What does "lassent" mean?
As a verb, "lassent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lasser.
How do you pronounce "lassent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lassent" is \las\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lassent" come from?
"lassent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lassent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list