Which to use
“lasse” is an adjective and “lassée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,996
- “lasse” frequency rank
- #44,542
- “lassée” frequency rank
- 57538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lasse | lassée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de las. | Participe passé féminin singulier de lasser. |
Where the eye mixes lasse and lassée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lasse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against lassée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between lasse and lassée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lasse is \lɑs\ while lassée is \la.se\. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lasse is recorded at frequency rank #12,996, classified as anadj, pronounced \lɑs\. 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 57538, this pair ranks #114,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lasse vs lassée
Shared letters: aels. Private to "lasse": -. Private to "lassée": é.
"lasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lasse ← alsse · lase · lases · llasse · lsase
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lasse" and "lassée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "lasse" or "lassée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lasse" and "lassée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lasse" 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 #114,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lasse" 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 #114,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.