lancen

/[ˈlãnsẽn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,223

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

lancen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de lanzar o de lanzarse. Pronounced [ˈlãnsẽn]. Often confused with lane and lucen.

Key facts for lancen
PropertyValue
Headwordlancen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈlãnsẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,223
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lancen in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lancen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlãnsẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,223 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for lancen, with forms such as "alncen", "lacnen", and "lanccen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "lane", "lucen", "lince", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is lancen, spelled L-A-N-C-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de lanzar o de lanzarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de lanzar o del imperativo negativo de lanzarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alncen,lacnen,lanccen,lancenn,lancne,lanecn,lanncen,lansen,llancen,lnacen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lancen

Misspelling Variants of "lancen"

alncen6lacnen6lanccen7lancenn7lancne6lanecn6lanncen7lansen6
Misspelling Variants of "lancen"

Frequency rank: #47,223 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lancen"?
"lancen" is spelled L-A-N-C-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlãnsẽn].
What does "lancen" mean?
As a verb, "lancen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de lanzar o de lanzarse.
What words are commonly confused with "lancen"?
"lancen" is commonly confused with "lane", "lucen", "lince". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lancen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lancen" is [ˈlãnsẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lancen" come from?
"lancen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.