Which to use
“lâcha” is a verb and “lâché” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,554
- “lâcha” frequency rank
- #6,973
- “lâché” frequency rank
- 51527
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâcha | lâché |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de lâcher. | Quelque chose qui est négligé, qui manque de précision, de vigueur. |
Where the eye mixes lâcha and lâché
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lâcha and lâché follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses lâcha with lâché
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lâcha is \la.ʃa\ while lâché is \la.ʃe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “lâcha” becomes é in “lâché”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâcha is recorded at frequency rank #44,554, classified as averb, pronounced \la.ʃa\. lâché is at rank #6,973, tagged as anadj, pronounced \la.ʃe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51527, this pair ranks #154,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lâcha vs lâché
Shared letters: chlâ. Private to "lâcha": a. Private to "lâché": é.
"lâcha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lâché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lâcha" and "lâché" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lâcha" or "lâché" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lâcha" and "lâché" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâcha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lâché" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâcha" and "lâché" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâcha vs Lech". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #154,372 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.