Which to use
“lactée” is an adjective and “lassée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,027
- “lactée” frequency rank
- #44,542
- “lassée” frequency rank
- 69569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lactée | lassée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de lacté. | Participe passé féminin singulier de lasser. |
Where the eye mixes lactée and lassée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lactée and lassée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between lactée and lassée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lactée is \lak.te\ while lassée is \la.se\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lactée is recorded at frequency rank #25,027, classified as anadj, pronounced \lak.te\. lassée is at rank #44,542, tagged as averb, pronounced \la.se\.
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 69569, this pair ranks #54,622 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lactée vs lassée
Shared letters: aelé. Private to "lactée": ct. Private to "lassée": s.
"lactée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lactée" and "lassée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lactée" or "lassée" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lactée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lassée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,622 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lactée" and "lassée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lassée vs lasso". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #54,622 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.