Which to use
“laissent” and “laissera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,934
- “laissent” frequency rank
- #9,187
- “laissera” frequency rank
- 13121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissent | laissera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissent and laissera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laissent (CVVCCVCC) and laissera (CVVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between laissent and laissera
A purely visual mix-up. laissent (\lɛs\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissent is recorded at frequency rank #3,934, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛs\. 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 13121, this pair ranks #402,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissent vs laissera
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "laissent": nt. Private to "laissera": r.
"laissent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "laissera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laissent" for "laissera" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laissent" vs "laissera" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "laissent" and "laissera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissent" 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 #402,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissent" 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 #402,345 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.