Which to use
“lâchent” is a verb and “lâcheté” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,996
- “lâchent” frequency rank
- #16,407
- “lâcheté” frequency rank
- 38403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâchent | lâcheté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lâcher. | Défaut de courage. |
Where the eye mixes lâchent and lâcheté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. lâchent (CVCCVCC) and lâcheté (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between lâchent and lâcheté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lâchent is \laʃ\ while lâcheté is \lɑʃ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâchent is recorded at frequency rank #21,996, classified as averb, pronounced \laʃ\. lâcheté is at rank #16,407, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑʃ.te\.
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 38403, this pair ranks #255,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lâchent vs lâcheté
Shared letters: cehltâ. Private to "lâchent": n. Private to "lâcheté": é.
"lâchent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "lâcheté" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lâchent" for "lâcheté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "lâchent" or "lâcheté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lâchent" and "lâcheté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lâcheté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâchent" and "lâcheté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâchent vs lichens". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #255,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.