Which to use
“lasse” is an adjective and “lose” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,996
- “lasse” frequency rank
- #34,601
- “lose” frequency rank
- 47597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lasse | lose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de las. | Variante de lauze. |
Letter map: lasse vs lose
Shared letters muted; letters that set lasse and lose apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lasse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against lose's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - lasse and lose
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lasse is anadjective and loseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47597, 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\. lose is at rank #34,601, tagged as anoun.
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 47597, this pair ranks #185,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lasse vs lose
Shared letters: els. Private to "lasse": a. Private to "lose": o.
"lasse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "lose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lasse" and "lose" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lasse" or "lose" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "lasse" and "lose". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,681 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lasse" and "lose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs lose". 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 #185,681 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.