Which to use
“lâchés” and “laides” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,254
- “lâchés” frequency rank
- #42,427
- “laides” frequency rank
- 72681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâchés | laides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de lâché. | Féminin pluriel de laid. |
Where the eye mixes lâchés and laides
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lâchés (CVCCVC) and laides (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: lâchés vs laides
A purely visual mix-up. lâchés (\la.ʃe\) and laides (\lɛd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâchés is recorded at frequency rank #30,254, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.ʃe\. laides is at rank #42,427, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɛd\.
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 72681, this pair ranks #43,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lâchés vs laides
Shared letters: ls. Private to "lâchés": châé. Private to "laides": adei.
"lâchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "laides" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laides ← alides · laiddes · laidess · laidse · laieds · liades · llaides
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lâchés" and "laides" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "lâchés" or "laides" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lâchés" and "laides" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâchés" and "laides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laides vs limes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #43,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.