laisseravslasserConfusable pair

Which to use

“laissera” and “lasser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,187
“laissera” frequency rank
#19,580
“lasser” frequency rank
28767
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laissera lasser
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de laisser. Rendre las.

Where the eye mixes laissera and lasser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. laissera runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against lasser's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
laissera
6 ch
lasser

Visual trap between laissera and lasser

A purely visual mix-up. laissera (\lɛ.sə.ʁa\) and lasser (\lɑ.se\) 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 28767, 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\. lasser is at rank #19,580, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɑ.se\.

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 28767, this pair ranks #320,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laissera vs lasser

Shared letters: aelrs. Private to "laissera": i. Private to "lasser": -.

"laissera" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV  ·  "lasser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laissera ← alissera · laisera · laisesra · laissear · laisserra · laissrea · lasisera · liassera
  • lasser ← alsser · lasesr · lasserr · lassre · llasser · lsaser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "laissera" for "lasser" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\lɛ.sə.ʁa\ versus \lɑ.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "laissera" or "lasser" show up more?
"laissera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,187 in our French list, against #19,580 for "lasser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "laissera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lasser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laissera" and "lasser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lasser vs looser". 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 #320,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list