Which to use
“laissais” and “laissait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,242
- “laissais” frequency rank
- #8,260
- “laissait” frequency rank
- 38502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissais | laissait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laisser. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laisser. |
Same sound, different letters: laissais vs laissait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. laissais and laissait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: laissais vs laissait
This is the hard kind. laissais 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 a single letter - s in “laissais” becomes t in “laissait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissais is recorded at frequency rank #30,242, 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 38502, this pair ranks #254,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laissais vs laissait
Shared letters: ails. Private to "laissais": -. Private to "laissait": t.
"laissais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "laissait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissais" and "laissait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "laissais" or "laissait" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissais" 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 #254,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissais" and "laissait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissais vs laisserais". 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 #254,817 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.