lasséevslasserWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“lassée” and “lasser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,542
“lassée” frequency rank
#19,580
“lasser” frequency rank
64122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lassée lasser
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de lasser. Rendre las.

Where the eye mixes lassée and lasser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lassée (CVCCVV) and lasser (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
lassée
6 ch
lasser

Visual trap between lassée and lasser

A purely visual mix-up. lassée (\la.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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lassée is recorded at frequency rank #44,542, classified as averb, pronounced \la.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 64122, this pair ranks #78,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lassée vs lasser

Shared letters: aels. Private to "lassée": é. Private to "lasser": r.

"lassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "lasser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lasser ← alsser · lasesr · lasserr · lassre · llasser · lsaser

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lassée" and "lasser" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\la.se\ versus \lɑ.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lassée" vs "lasser" - which ranks higher?
"lasser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,580 in our French list, against #44,542 for "lassée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lassée" 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 #78,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lassée" and "lasser" 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 #78,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list