Which to use
“laissait” and “laisserait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,260
- “laissait” frequency rank
- #16,666
- “laisserait” frequency rank
- 24926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissait | laisserait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de laisser. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissait and laisserait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. laissait runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against laisserait's 10 (CVVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: laissait vs laisserait
A purely visual mix-up. laissait (\lɛ.sɛ\) and laisserait (\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 24926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissait is recorded at frequency rank #8,260, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sɛ\. laisserait is at rank #16,666, 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 24926, this pair ranks #343,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissait vs laisserait
Shared letters: ailst. Private to "laissait": -. Private to "laisserait": er.
"laissait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "laisserait" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissait ← alissait · laisait · laisasit · laissaitt · laissati · laissiat · lasisait · liassait
- laisserait ← alisserait · laiserait · laisesrait · laissearit · laisseraitt · laisserati · laisseriat · laisserrait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissait" and "laisserait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "laissait" vs "laisserait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "laissait" and "laisserait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissait" and "laisserait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laisserait 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 #343,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.