Which to use
“laissez” and “lassée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,319
- “laissez” frequency rank
- #44,542
- “lassée” frequency rank
- 46861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissez | lassée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser. | Participe passé féminin singulier de lasser. |
Where the eye mixes laissez and lassée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. laissez runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against lassée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between laissez and lassée
A purely visual mix-up. laissez (\lɛ.se\) and lassée (\la.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laissez is recorded at frequency rank #2,319, classified as averb, pronounced \lɛ.se\. lassée is at rank #44,542, tagged as averb, pronounced \la.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 46861, this pair ranks #191,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laissez vs lassée
Shared letters: aels. Private to "laissez": iz. Private to "lassée": é.
"laissez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "lassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- laissez ← alissez · laisesz · laisez · laissezz · laissze · lasisez · liassez · llaissez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "laissez" for "lassée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "laissez" or "lassée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "laissez" and "lassée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lassée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissez" and "lassée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lassée vs lasso". 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 #191,476 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.