Leave-Let | Commonly Confused Words

Leave

/liːv/

To go away from a place or a person

I leave each day at seven.Ye left yer partner."Then they went away, leaving others to clear up the mess.

/let/

To allow someone to do something or to rent out a property

Why are you letting me do all the talking?He lets his thought sit for a moment.Let's observe a moment of silence in their honor."

Leave implies letting something or someone stay as it is, often by moving away from it.
Let is more about giving permission or enabling something to happen.
Remember leave with the idea of departure: you leave a place by exiting it.
You let something by allowing it a certain privilege or freedom.
Associating leave with physically stepping away can help differentiate it from let, which is about permission.