Which to use
“laissez” and “lasser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,319
- “laissez” frequency rank
- #19,580
- “lasser” frequency rank
- 21899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laissez | lasser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de laisser. | Rendre las. |
Where the eye mixes laissez and lasser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. laissez runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against lasser's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: laissez vs lasser
A purely visual mix-up. laissez (\lɛ.se\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21899, 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\. 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 21899, this pair ranks #360,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of laissez vs lasser
Shared letters: aels. Private to "laissez": iz. Private to "lasser": r.
"laissez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "lasser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laissez" and "lasser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "laissez" or "lasser"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "laissez" 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 #360,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laissez" 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 #360,853 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.