lances
[ˈlãnses]
The verdict
“lances” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,279. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,279
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de lance.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lances · lances · Spanish
lances · rank #44,279 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,279
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH keen
Nearest frequency peer: keen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “lances”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- kar
kar
55,725 corpus weight
- keen
keen
55,723 corpus weight
- lances
lances
55,722 corpus weight
- landing
landing
55,721 corpus weight
- leed
leed
55,717 corpus weight
- legaliza
legaliza
55,716 corpus weight
What this shows “lances” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lances |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlãnses] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lances”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lances (IPA [ˈlãnses]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,279 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de lance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lances, with forms such as "alnces", "lacnes", and "lancces". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "lane", "lunes", "luces", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is lances, spelled L-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de lance.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alnces
- lacnes
- lancces
- lancess
- lancse
- lanecs
- lannces
- lanses
- llances
- lnaces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lances - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).