Which to use
“laissée” and “laissera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,261
- “laissée” frequency rank
- #9,187
- “laissera” frequency rank
- 17448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissée | laissera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissée and laissera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laissée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against laissera's 8 (CVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: laissée vs laissera
A purely visual mix-up. laissée (\lɛ.se\) and laissera (\lɛ.sə.ʁa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17448, 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\. laissera is at rank #9,187, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁa\.
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 17448, this pair ranks #383,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissée vs laissera
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "laissée": é. Private to "laissera": r.
"laissée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "laissera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissera ← alissera · laisera · laisesra · laissear · laisserra · laissrea · lasisera · liassera
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissée" and "laissera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "laissée" or "laissera" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "laissée" and "laissera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laissera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissée" and "laissera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissera 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 #383,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.