dancer

\ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)\

/\ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)\/ noun

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The verdict

“dancer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,214
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danseur, danseuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dancer · dancer · French

dancer · rank #41,214 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,214
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Célia

Nearest frequency peer: Célia (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dancer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dancer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dancer vs danse
67% similar
dancer vs Dante
50% similar
dancer vs diner
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dancer
PropertyValue
Headworddancer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,214
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dancer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dancerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Célia » (#41,213), « dansez » (#41,215), « cèdres » (#41,212). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dancer » est au #41,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around dancer (IPA \ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,214 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Danseur, danseuse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dancer, with forms such as "adncer", "dacner", and "danccer". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "danse", "Dante", "diner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dancer, spelled D-A-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Danseur, danseuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This dancer is beautiful.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adncer
  • dacner
  • danccer
  • dancerr
  • dancre
  • danecr
  • danncer
  • ddancer
  • dnacer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dancer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

adncer2dacner2danccer1dancerr1dancre2danecr2danncer1ddancer1
Edit distance from "dancer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dancer"?
"dancer" is spelled D-A-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)\.
What does "dancer" mean?
As a noun, "dancer" means: Danseur, danseuse.
What words are commonly confused with "dancer"?
"dancer" is commonly confused with "danse", "Dante", "diner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dancer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dancer" is \ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dancer" come from?
"dancer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dancer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dansez#41,215cèdres#41,212Djerba#41,227covers#41,200

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Delarue9 variantscouettes9 variantsDonbass9 variantsDupond9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list