lanceur

\lɑ̃.sœʁ\

/\lɑ̃.sœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lanceur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,607
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui lance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lanceur · lanceur · French

lanceur · rank #11,607 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,607
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH karma

Nearest frequency peer: karma (-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 « lanceur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lanceur » 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).

lanceur vs lancez
71% similar
lanceur vs laveur
71% similar
lanceur vs langer
71% similar

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

Key facts for lanceur
PropertyValue
Headwordlanceur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.sœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,607
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lanceur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lanceurse 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 « karma » (#11,606), « localiser » (#11,608), « joies » (#11,605). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lanceur » est au #11,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lanceur (IPA \lɑ̃.sœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,607 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lanceur, with forms such as "alnceur", "lacneur", and "lancceur". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lancez", "laveur", "langer", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lanceur, spelled L-A-N-C-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui lance.
  2. 2
    Joueur qui lance la balle vers la zone de prises afin de retirer le frappeur.
  3. 3
    Fusée capable de placer une charge utile dans l’espace.
  4. 4
    Dans le sport appelé paintball, élément mécanique ou électronique (ayant l’aspect d’une arme à feu individuelle) servant à propulser les billes grâce au gaz (CO₂ ou air comprimé) contenu dans une bouteille.
  5. 5
    Système manuel remplaçant le démarreur dans les moteurs à combustion interne de faible puissance.
  6. 6
    Système électromécanique qui fait avancer la tête du démarreur vers la couronne du moteur juste avant que le démarreur entre en action. On le nomme parfois solénoïde.
  7. 7
    Icône permettant de lancer un programme d’application.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le décès de l’ancien lanceur gaucher originaire de Saint-André-Leblanc au Nouveau-Brunswick a fait écho jusqu’à l’intérieur du vestiaire du Canadien.
  2. Le lanceur russe emportant mardi les 13ᵉ et 14ᵉ satellites Galileo (sur 26 au total) devrait décoller depuis la Guyane française à 8 h 48 GMT.

Synonyms

marqueurmicrolanceur

This word in other languages

pitcher(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alnceur
  • lacneur
  • lancceur
  • lanceru
  • lanceurr
  • lancuer
  • lanecur
  • lannceur
  • llanceur
  • lnaceur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alnceur2lacneur2lancceur1lanceru2lanceurr1lancuer2lanecur2lannceur1
Edit distance from "lanceur"

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 "lanceur"?
"lanceur" is spelled L-A-N-C-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.sœʁ\.
What does "lanceur" mean?
As a noun, "lanceur" means: Celui qui lance.
What words are commonly confused with "lanceur"?
"lanceur" is commonly confused with "lancez", "laveur", "langer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lanceur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lanceur" is \lɑ̃.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lanceur" come from?
"lanceur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

horreurs10 variantsformelle10 variantsFlorian10 variantsfashion10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list