Which to use
“laden” is an adjective and “lancen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,727
- “laden” frequency rank
- #47,223
- “lancen” frequency rank
- 68950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laden | lancen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cargado. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de lanzar o de lanzarse. |
Letter map: laden vs lancen
Shared letters muted; letters that set laden and lancen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. laden runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against lancen's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for laden / lancen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laden is anadjective and lancenaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laden is recorded at frequency rank #21,727, classified as anadj. lancen is at rank #47,223, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈlãnsẽn].
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 68950, this pair ranks #33,229 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of laden vs lancen
Shared letters: aeln. Private to "laden": d. Private to "lancen": c.
"laden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lancen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laden" and "lancen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "laden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lancen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,229 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laden" and "lancen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancen vs lances". 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 #33,229 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.