Which to use
“laissée” and “laisser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,261
- “laissée” frequency rank
- #583
- “laisser” frequency rank
- 8844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissée | laisser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser. | Quitter quelqu’un ou quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes laissée and laisser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: laissée vs laisser
A purely visual mix-up. laissée (\lɛ.se\) and laisser (\le.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8844, 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\. laisser is at rank #583, tagged as averb, 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 8844, this pair ranks #418,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissée vs laisser
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "laissée": é. Private to "laisser": r.
"laissée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "laisser" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laisser ← alisser · laiser · laisesr · laisserr · laissre · lasiser · liasser · llaisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laissée" for "laisser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laissée" vs "laisser" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "laisser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissée" and "laisser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissée vs laisserez". 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 #418,679 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.