Which to use
“lâché” and “lâchée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,973
- “lâché” frequency rank
- #36,942
- “lâchée” frequency rank
- 43915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâché | lâchée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quelque chose qui est négligé, qui manque de précision, de vigueur. | Féminin singulier de lâché. |
Same sound, different letters: lâché vs lâchée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. lâché runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against lâchée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - lâché / lâchée
This is the hard kind. lâché and lâchée are pronounced identically (\la.ʃe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lâché” sits inside “lâchée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâché is recorded at frequency rank #6,973, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.ʃe\. lâchée is at rank #36,942, 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 43915, this pair ranks #214,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lâché vs lâchée
Shared letters: chlâé. Private to "lâché": -. Private to "lâchée": e.
"lâché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lâché" and "lâchée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lâché" or "lâchée"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "lâché" / "lâchée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâché" and "lâchée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâchée vs loches". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #214,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.