élance

\e.lɑ̃s\

/\e.lɑ̃s\/ verb

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The verdict

“élance” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,933
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de élancer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elance · élance · French

élance · rank #26,933 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,933
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écoulées

Nearest frequency peer: écoulées (-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 « élance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « élance » 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).

élance vs émane
67% similar
élance vs élans
67% similar
élance vs énoncé
50% similar

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

Key facts for élance
PropertyValue
Headwordélance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.lɑ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,933
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).élancese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écoulées » (#26,932), « échantillonnage » (#26,931), « éprouvée » (#26,935). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « élance » est au #26,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around élance (IPA \e.lɑ̃s\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,933 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for élance, with forms such as "elance", "léance", and "éalnce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "émane", "élans", "énoncé", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is élance, spelled É-L-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de élancer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de élancer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de élancer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de élancer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de élancer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au milieu des barques de pêcheurs piquetant le lac, des voiliers dont l’absence de vent laisse les voiles faseiller, au milieu des hors-bord qui tirent les amateurs de ski nautique, le canot de la police commence à faire gronder son moteur et s’élance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elance
  • léance
  • éalnce
  • élacne
  • élancce
  • élanec
  • élannce
  • éllance
  • élnace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élance - 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.

elance1léance2éalnce2élacne2élancce1élanec2élannce1éllance1
Edit distance from "élance"

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 "élance"?
"élance" is spelled É-L-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɑ̃s\.
What does "élance" mean?
As a verb, "élance" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de élancer.
What words are commonly confused with "élance"?
"élance" is commonly confused with "émane", "élans", "énoncé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "élance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "élance" is \e.lɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "élance" come from?
"élance" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

étable#26,937weaver#26,927vitrée#26,923visual#26,921

Similar misspelling depth

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

variole9 variantsvalant9 variantsagraire9 variantsvaincue9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list