Which to use
“laissée” is a verb and “laissées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,261
- “laissée” frequency rank
- #15,923
- “laissées” frequency rank
- 24184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissée | laissées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser. | Fiente de certains animaux, notamment du loup. |
Where the eye mixes laissée and laissées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. laissée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against laissées's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between laissée and laissées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: laissée is \lɛ.se\ while laissées is \le.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “laissée” sits inside “laissées”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissée is recorded at frequency rank #8,261, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.se\. laissées is at rank #15,923, tagged as anoun, pronounced \le.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 24184, this pair ranks #348,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissée vs laissées
Shared letters: aeilsé. Private to "laissée": -. Private to "laissées": -.
"laissée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "laissées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laissée" for "laissées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "laissée" or "laissées"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laissées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissée" and "laissées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissées vs laisserez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #348,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.