lancer

/\lɑ̃.se\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,742

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lancer is aFrenchverb. It means: Jeter en avant avec force, avec raideur, pour atteindre au loin. Pronounced \lɑ̃.se\. It ranks #1,742 in French word frequency. Often confused with lane and laver.

Key facts for lancer
PropertyValue
Headwordlancer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɑ̃.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,742
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lancer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lancer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,742 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for lancer, with forms such as "alncer", "lacner", and "lanccer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lane", "laver", "Laser", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lancer, spelled L-A-N-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeter en avant avec force, avec raideur, pour atteindre au loin.
  2. 2
    Jeter en hauteur, en l’air, avec force.
  3. 3
    Jeter.
  4. 4
    Diffuser une première fois.
  5. 5
    Dire avec force et vivacité.
  6. 6
    Faire sortir la proie de l’endroit où elle est pour lui donner les chiens.
  7. 7
    Faire sortir un bateau du chantier à la mer, dans un fleuve, en le laissant glisser sur un plan incliné.
  8. 8
    Faire partir très vite.
  9. 9
    Pousser, introduire, mettre le pied à l’étrier.
  10. 10
    Commercialiser, mettre sur le marché.
  11. 11
    Débarder des bois en leur faisant dévaler une pente.
  12. 12
    Se jeter avec impétuosité, avec effort.
  13. 13
    Entrer.
  14. 14
    Oser ; se jeter à l’eau.
  15. 15
    Commencer ; activer.
  16. 16
    Provoquer des élancements douloureux.
  17. 17
    Mettre en marche, démarrer (un moteur), allumer (un appareil).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alncer,lacner,lanccer,lancerr,lancre,lanecr,lanncer,llancer,lnacer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lancer

Misspelling Variants of "lancer"

alncer6lacner6lanccer7lancerr7lancre6lanecr6lanncer7llancer7
Misspelling Variants of "lancer"

Frequency rank: #1,742 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lancer"?
"lancer" is spelled L-A-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.se\.
What does "lancer" mean?
As a verb, "lancer" means: Jeter en avant avec force, avec raideur, pour atteindre au loin.
What words are commonly confused with "lancer"?
"lancer" is commonly confused with "lane", "laver", "Laser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lancer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lancer" is \lɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lancer" come from?
"lancer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.