lançant
\lɑ̃.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“lançant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,176
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe lancer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lancant · lançant · French
lançant · rank #15,176 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,176
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH jetons
Nearest frequency peer: jetons (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lançant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- iranienne
iranienne
84,828 corpus weight
- Jaime
Jaime
84,827 corpus weight
- jetons
jetons
84,826 corpus weight
- lançant
lançant
84,825 corpus weight
- lécher
lécher
84,824 corpus weight
- manifestant
manifestant
84,822 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lançant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | lançant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “lançant” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around lançant (IPA \lɑ̃.sɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,176 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent du verbe lancer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lançant, with forms such as "alnçant", "lanaçnt", and "lancant". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "lavant", "lancet", "lancent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lançant, spelled L-A-N-Ç-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent du verbe lancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lançant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand le train est lancé, on ne l’arrête plus : voici notre bonhomme au Courrier de Paris. Il rédige sa chronique après le spectacle. Puis Minerve, Le Canard Enchaîné » où il coincouine sa critique littéraire, La Gazette des lettres où il peaufine sa manière d’écrire : « le stylo c’est l’audace » et poursuit « Ventre à terre. A pleins étriers », son comba…
... et tandis que Dan et lui travaillaient, fourchant du foin ou lançant et arrimant les cordes, Dan jetait des coups d’œil aux autres en jonglant avec les noms...
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alnçant
- lanaçnt
- lancant
- lannçant
- lançannt
- lançantt
- lançatn
- lançnat
- laçnant
- llançant
- lnaçant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lançant - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lançant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).
What to do next
You've looked up "lançant". Here's where to go from here.
- "lançant" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lavant". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,176 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.