Which to use
“laissais” and “laisserais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,242
- “laissais” frequency rank
- #27,863
- “laisserais” frequency rank
- 58105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissais | laisserais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laisser. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissais and laisserais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. laissais runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against laisserais's 10 (CVVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between laissais and laisserais
A purely visual mix-up. laissais (\lɛ.sɛ\) and laisserais (\lɛ.sə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58105, 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\. laisserais is at rank #27,863, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁɛ\.
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 58105, this pair ranks #111,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laissais vs laisserais
Shared letters: ails. Private to "laissais": -. Private to "laisserais": er.
"laissais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "laisserais" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissais ← alissais · laisais · laisasis · laissaiss · laissasi · laissias · lasisais · liassais
- laisserais ← alisserais · laiserais · laisesrais · laissearis · laisseraiss · laisserasi · laisserias · laisserrais
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "laissais" and "laisserais" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "laissais" vs "laisserais" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissais" and "laisserais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laisseraient 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 #111,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.