Which to use
“laisses” is a noun and “listés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,184
- “laisses” frequency rank
- #37,895
- “listés” frequency rank
- 48079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laisses | listés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de laisse. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de lister. |
Where the eye mixes laisses and listés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. laisses runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against listés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: laisses vs listés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: laisses is \lɛs\ while listés is \lis.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laisses is recorded at frequency rank #10,184, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛs\. listés is at rank #37,895, tagged as averb, pronounced \lis.te\.
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 48079, this pair ranks #181,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laisses vs listés
Shared letters: ils. Private to "laisses": ae. Private to "listés": té.
"laisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "listés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- laisses ← alisses · laisess · laissess · laissse · lasises · llaisses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laisses" for "listés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "laisses" vs "listés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "laisses" and "listés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laisses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "listés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laisses" and "listés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leste vs listés". 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 #181,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.