Which to use
“laissa” and “laissée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,497
- “laissa” frequency rank
- #8,261
- “laissée” frequency rank
- 22758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissa | laissée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de laisser. | Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissa and laissée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses laissa with laissée
A purely visual mix-up. laissa (\lɛ.sa\) and laissée (\lɛ.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissa is recorded at frequency rank #14,497, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sa\. laissée is at rank #8,261, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.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 22758, this pair ranks #356,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissa vs laissée
Shared letters: ails. Private to "laissa": -. Private to "laissée": eé.
"laissa" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "laissée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissa ← alissa · laisa · laisas · lasisa · liassa · llaissa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissa" and "laissée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "laissa" vs "laissée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laissée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissa" and "laissée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissa vs Larissa". 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 #356,315 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.