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.
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?
Which is more common, "laissée" or "laisserez"?
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.