Which to use
“laissera” and “laisserai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,187
- “laissera” frequency rank
- #18,521
- “laisserai” frequency rank
- 27708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissera | laisserai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de laisser. | Première personne du singulier du futur de laisser. |
Where the eye mixes laissera and laisserai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. laissera runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against laisserai's 9 (CVVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: laissera vs laisserai
A purely visual mix-up. laissera (\lɛ.sə.ʁa\) and laisserai (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “laissera” sits inside “laisserai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissera is recorded at frequency rank #9,187, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁa\. laisserai is at rank #18,521, 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 27708, this pair ranks #327,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laissera vs laisserai
Shared letters: aeilrs. Private to "laissera": -. Private to "laisserai": -.
"laissera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "laisserai" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laissera" for "laisserai" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laissera" vs "laisserai" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "laissera" and "laisserai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissera" and "laisserai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laisserai 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 #327,288 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.