Which to use
“laisserais” and “laisserait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,863
- “laisserais” frequency rank
- #16,666
- “laisserait” frequency rank
- 44529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laisserais | laisserait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de laisser. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de laisser. |
Same sound, different letters: laisserais vs laisserait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. laisserais and laisserait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: laisserais vs laisserait
This is the hard kind. laisserais and laisserait are pronounced identically (\lɛ.sə.ʁɛ\) 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 differ by a single letter - s in “laisserais” becomes t in “laisserait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laisserais is recorded at frequency rank #27,863, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁɛ\. laisserait is at rank #16,666, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ.sə.ʁɛ\.
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 44529, this pair ranks #209,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laisserais vs laisserait
Shared letters: aeilrs. Private to "laisserais": -. Private to "laisserait": t.
"laisserais" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC · "laisserait" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laisserais ← alisserais · laiserais · laisesrais · laissearis · laisseraiss · laisserasi · laisserias · laisserrais
- laisserait ← alisserait · laiserait · laisesrait · laissearit · laisseraitt · laisserati · laisseriat · laisserrait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laisserais" for "laisserait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laisserais" vs "laisserait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "laisserais" / "laisserait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laisserait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laisserais" and "laisserait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laisseraient vs laisserais". 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 #209,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.