élança
\e.lɑ̃.sa\
The verdict
“élança” is uncommon French (frequency #78,989 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,989
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de élancer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elanca · élança · French
élança · rank #78,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,989
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH électrice
Nearest frequency peer: électrice (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « élança »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- échelonnés
échelonnés
21,015 corpus weight
- édifiantes
édifiantes
21,014 corpus weight
- élança
élança
21,012 corpus weight
- électrice
électrice
21,011 corpus weight
- élégies
élégies
21,010 corpus weight
- émotives
émotives
21,009 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « élança » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élança |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.lɑ̃.sa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « élança » en français
Rare enough to double-check
élança is uncommon French at frequency #78,989 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.lɑ̃.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de élancer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for élança, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is élança, spelled É-L-A-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de élancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how élança appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle prit son temps, elle calcula ses mouvements, et, avec une agilité de chatte, elle saisit les deux interrogatoires et les lança dans le feu ; mais Camusot les y reprit, la comtesse s’élança sur le juge et ressaisit les papiers enflammés.
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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