élancer
\e.lɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“élancer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,818
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se lancer en avant avec impétuosité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elancer · élancer · French
élancer · rank #34,818 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,818
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH égarer
Nearest frequency peer: égarer (-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 « élancer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- égalise
égalise
65,186 corpus weight
- égarer
égarer
65,184 corpus weight
- élancer
élancer
65,183 corpus weight
- élevaient
élevaient
65,182 corpus weight
- élisent
élisent
65,181 corpus weight
- émanent
émanent
65,180 corpus weight
What this shows « élancer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | élancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.lɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élancer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around élancer (IPA \e.lɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,818 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for élancer, with forms such as "elancer", "léancer", and "éalncer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "énoncer", "évincer", "exaucer", 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 élancer, spelled É-L-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se lancer en avant avec impétuosité.
- 2Faire éprouver des élancements douloureux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand j’atteignais un rat d’un bon coup de fouet, le ronge-maille sifflait avec fureur, hérissait tous ses poils et s’élançait avec désespoir contre le fouet lui-même, instrument de sa torture ; […].
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elancer
- léancer
- éalncer
- élacner
- élanccer
- élancerr
- élancre
- élanecr
- élanncer
- éllancer
- élnacer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élancer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).