avancer

/\a.vɑ̃.se\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,503

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

avancer is aFrenchverb. It means: Pousser en avant ; porter en avant. Pronounced \a.vɑ̃.se\. It ranks #2,503 in French word frequency. Often confused with avances and avancez.

Key facts for avancer
PropertyValue
Headwordavancer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.vɑ̃.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,503
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of avancer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avancer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vɑ̃.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,503 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 16 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 avancer, with forms such as "aavncer", "avacner", and "avanccer". 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, "avances", "avancez", "avancera", 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 French form is avancer, spelled A-V-A-N-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pousser en avant ; porter en avant.
  2. 2
    Rapprocher un objet de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Porter à un moment antérieur dans le temps.
  4. 4
    Faire progresser quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Faire progresser quelqu'un dans sa carrière, procurer de l'avancement.
  6. 6
    Payer par avance, payer avant que l’argent soit dû.
  7. 7
    Payer une somme pour le compte de quelqu’un, fournir aux frais de quelque entreprise.
  8. 8
    Mettre en avant ; proposer une chose comme véritable.
  9. 9
    Faire des progrès dans un travail, dans une carrière.
  10. 10
    ou Faire saillie.
  11. 11
    ou Aller, se porter en avant.
  12. 12
    ou Aller plus tard dans l’écoulement du temps.
  13. 13
    Prendre de l'avance, aller trop vite (en parlant d'une montre, d'une horloge etc.).
  14. 14
    Faire des progrès, en parlant des personnes ou des choses.
  15. 15
    S’être donné une peine inutile ou que l’on a compromis ses intérêts par de fausses démarches, par une conduite maladroite.
  16. 16
    En matière d’affaires et de négociations, mettre en avant quelque chose qui fait contracter une sorte d’engagement.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aavncer,avacner,avanccer,avancerr,avancre,avanecr,avanncer,avnacer,avvancer,vaancer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avancer

Misspelling Variants of "avancer"

aavncer7avacner7avanccer8avancerr8avancre7avanecr7avanncer8avnacer7
Misspelling Variants of "avancer"

Frequency rank: #2,503 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avancer"?
"avancer" is spelled A-V-A-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɑ̃.se\.
What does "avancer" mean?
As a verb, "avancer" means: Pousser en avant ; porter en avant.
What words are commonly confused with "avancer"?
"avancer" is commonly confused with "avances", "avancez", "avancera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avancer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avancer" is \a.vɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avancer" come from?
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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.