laisséevslaisserezConfusable pair

Which to use

“laissée” and “laisserez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,261
“laissée” frequency rank
#46,852
“laisserez” frequency rank
55113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laissée laisserez
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de laisser. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de laisser.

Where the eye mixes laissée and laisserez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laissée runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against laisserez's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
laissée
9 ch
laisserez

Look-alike desk: laissée vs laisserez

A purely visual mix-up. laissée (\lɛ.se\) and laisserez (\lɛ.sə.ʁe\) 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 55113, 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\. laisserez is at rank #46,852, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁe\.

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 55113, this pair ranks #129,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laissée vs laisserez

Shared letters: aeils. Private to "laissée": é. Private to "laisserez": rz.

"laissée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV  ·  "laisserez" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laisserez ← alisserez · laiserez · laisesrez · laisseerz · laisserezz · laisserrez · laisserze · laissreez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "laissée" and "laisserez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\lɛ.se\ versus \lɛ.sə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "laissée" or "laisserez"?
"laissée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,261 in our French list, against #46,852 for "laisserez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "laisserez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laissée" and "laisserez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissèrent 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 #129,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list