Which to use
“lâchée” and “lâchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,942
- “lâchée” frequency rank
- #30,254
- “lâchés” frequency rank
- 67196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâchée | lâchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de lâché. | Masculin pluriel de lâché. |
Same sound, different letters: lâchée vs lâchés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. lâchée (CVCCVV) and lâchés (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: lâchée vs lâchés
This is the hard kind. lâchée and lâchés 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 a single letter - e in “lâchée” becomes s in “lâchés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâchée is recorded at frequency rank #36,942, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.ʃe\. lâchés is at rank #30,254, 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 67196, this pair ranks #64,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lâchée vs lâchés
Shared letters: chlâé. Private to "lâchée": e. Private to "lâchés": s.
"lâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lâchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lâchée" and "lâchés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lâchée" or "lâchés" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "lâchée" / "lâchés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâchée" and "lâchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâchée vs loches". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #64,465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.