Which to use
“liasse” and “liasses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,579
- “liasse” frequency rank
- #42,431
- “liasses” frequency rank
- 74010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | liasse | liasses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amas de papiers liés ensemble. | Pluriel de liasse. |
Same sound, different letters: liasse vs liasses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. liasse runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against liasses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - liasse and liasses
This is the hard kind. liasse and liasses are pronounced identically (\ljas\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “liasse” sits inside “liasses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
liasse is recorded at frequency rank #31,579, classified as anoun, pronounced \ljas\. liasses is at rank #42,431, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ljas\.
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 74010, this pair ranks #38,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of liasse vs liasses
Shared letters: aeils. Private to "liasse": -. Private to "liasses": -.
"liasse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "liasses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "liasse" and "liasses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "liasse" vs "liasses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "liasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "liasses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "liasse" and "liasses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lianes vs liasses". 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 #38,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.