lancer dans la vague

\lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\

/\lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“lancer dans la vague” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pêche sportive pratiquée en bord de mer dans la zone de déferlement.

Key facts for lancer dans la vague
PropertyValue
Headwordlancer dans la vague
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lancer dans la vague” sits in French frequency

lancer dans la vague falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lancer dans la vague is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pêche sportive pratiquée en bord de mer dans la zone de déferlement.".

No misspelling variants are generated for lancer dans la vague in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 dans la vague, spelled L-A-N-C-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -V-A-G-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pêche sportive pratiquée en bord de mer dans la zone de déferlement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lancer dans la vague"?
"lancer dans la vague" is spelled L-A-N-C-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -V-A-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\.
What does "lancer dans la vague" mean?
As a noun, "lancer dans la vague" means: Pêche sportive pratiquée en bord de mer dans la zone de déferlement.
How do you pronounce "lancer dans la vague"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lancer dans la vague" is \lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “lancer dans la vague”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-A-N-C-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-A- -V-A-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \lɑ̃.se dɑ̃ la vaɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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