Which to use
“laissées” is a noun and “laissera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,923
- “laissées” frequency rank
- #9,187
- “laissera” frequency rank
- 25110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissées | laissera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fiente de certains animaux, notamment du loup. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissées and laissera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laissées (CVVCCVVC) and laissera (CVVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: laissées vs laissera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: laissées is \le.se\ while laissera is \lɛ.sə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissées is recorded at frequency rank #15,923, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.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 25110, this pair ranks #342,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissées vs laissera
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "laissées": é. Private to "laissera": r.
"laissées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "laissera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissera ← alissera · laisera · laisesra · laissear · laisserra · laissrea · lasisera · liassera
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissées" and "laissera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "laissées" or "laissera"?
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 "laissées" 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 #342,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissées" and "laissera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissées 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 #342,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.