avancer
\a.vɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“avancer” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,503 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,503
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pousser en avant ; porter en avant.
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 | avancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avancer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for avancer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for avancer, with forms such as "aavncer", "avacner", and "avanccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is avancer, spelled A-V-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pousser en avant ; porter en avant.
- 2Rapprocher un objet de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
- 3Porter à un moment antérieur dans le temps.
- 4Faire progresser quelque chose.
- 5Faire progresser quelqu'un dans sa carrière, procurer de l'avancement.
- 6Payer par avance, payer avant que l’argent soit dû.
- 7Payer une somme pour le compte de quelqu’un, fournir aux frais de quelque entreprise.
- 8Mettre en avant ; proposer une chose comme véritable.
- 9Faire des progrès dans un travail, dans une carrière.
- 10ou Faire saillie.
- 11ou Aller, se porter en avant.
- 12ou Aller plus tard dans l’écoulement du temps.
- 13Prendre de l'avance, aller trop vite (en parlant d'une montre, d'une horloge etc.).
- 14Faire des progrès, en parlant des personnes ou des choses.
- 15S’être donné une peine inutile ou que l’on a compromis ses intérêts par de fausses démarches, par une conduite maladroite.
- 16En matière d’affaires et de négociations, mettre en avant quelque chose qui fait contracter une sorte d’engagement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aavncer,avacner,avanccer,avancerr,avancre,avanecr,avanncer,avnacer,avvancer,vaancer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avancer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “avancer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-A-N-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.vɑ̃.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “avances” - see the side-by-side comparison. avancer vs avances
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.