rompre une lance
\ʁɔ̃.pʁ‿yn lɑ̃s\
The verdict
“rompre une lance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de rompre la lance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rompre-une-lance · rompre une lance · French
rompre une lance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rompre une lance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.pʁ‿yn lɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “rompre une lance” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
rompre une lance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.pʁ‿yn lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de rompre la lance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rompre une lance, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rompre une lance, spelled R-O-M-P-R-E- -U-N-E- -L-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de rompre la lance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rompre une lance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce ne sera pas, du moins, sans qu’on rompe une lance pour sa défense, dit Ivanhoé en se soulevant sur sa couche, […] .
Qu’importent à ce siècle incrédule nos merveilleuses légendes : saint Georges rompant une lance contre Charles VII au tournoi de Luçon […]
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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