Which to use
“laisserai” and “laisserez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,521
- “laisserai” frequency rank
- #46,852
- “laisserez” frequency rank
- 65373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laisserai | laisserez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de laisser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de laisser. |
Same sound, different letters: laisserai vs laisserez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. laisserai (CVVCCVCVV) and laisserez (CVVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - laisserai and laisserez
This is the hard kind. laisserai and laisserez are pronounced identically (\lɛ.sə.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laisserai is recorded at frequency rank #18,521, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁe\. laisserez is at rank #46,852, 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 65373, this pair ranks #72,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laisserai vs laisserez
Shared letters: aeilrs. Private to "laisserai": -. Private to "laisserez": z.
"laisserai" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVV · "laisserez" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laisserai" for "laisserez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laisserai" vs "laisserez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"laisserai" and "laisserez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laisserai" and "laisserez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laissèrent 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 #72,676 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.