# lancer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,953

## Definitions
1. A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
2. Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
3. One who lances something.

## Etymology
From French lancier (“lancer”).

## Easily confused with
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lane)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-later)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-layer)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-laser)
- **lanes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lanes)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-liner)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-loner)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lazer)
- **Laney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-laney)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-laver)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-longer)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-larger)
- **lawyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lawyer)
- **latter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-latter)
- **landed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-landed)
- **lender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lender)
- **linger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-linger)
- **lander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lander)
- **lancet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lancet)
- **Lawler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lawler)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alncer`, `lacner`, `lanccer`, `lancerr`, `lancre`, `lanecr`, `lanncer`, `llancer`, `lnacer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lancer