Which to use
“laissaient” and “laissait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,577
- “laissaient” frequency rank
- #8,260
- “laissait” frequency rank
- 27837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissaient | laissait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laisser. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laisser. |
Same sound, different letters: laissaient vs laissait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - laissaient and laissait
This is the hard kind. laissaient and laissait are pronounced identically (\lɛ.sɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissaient is recorded at frequency rank #19,577, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sɛ\. laissait is at rank #8,260, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sɛ\.
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 27837, this pair ranks #326,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laissaient vs laissait
Shared letters: ailst. Private to "laissaient": en. Private to "laissait": -.
"laissaient" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVVCC · "laissait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissaient ← alissaient · laisaient · laisasient · laissaeint · laissaiennt · laissaientt · laissaietn · laissainet
- laissait ← alissait · laisait · laisasit · laissaitt · laissati · laissiat · lasisait · liassait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissaient" and "laissait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "laissaient" or "laissait"?
Useful next steps
"laissaient" and "laissait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laissait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissaient" and "laissait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissaient vs laissèrent". 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 #326,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.