Which to use
“laissées” is a noun and “laissons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,923
- “laissées” frequency rank
- #8,730
- “laissons” frequency rank
- 24653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissées | laissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fiente de certains animaux, notamment du loup. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissées and laissons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laissées (CVVCCVVC) and laissons (CVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between laissées and laissons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: laissées is \le.se\ while laissons is \lɛ.sɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 24653, 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\. laissons is at rank #8,730, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sɔ̃\.
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 24653, this pair ranks #345,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissées vs laissons
Shared letters: ails. Private to "laissées": eé. Private to "laissons": no.
"laissées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "laissons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissons ← alissons · laisons · laisosns · laissnos · laissonns · laissonss · laissosn · lasisons
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laissées" for "laissons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "laissées" or "laissons" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissées" and "laissons" 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 #345,375 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.