stance
\stɑ̃s\
The verdict
“stance” is uncommon French (frequency #96,403 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,403
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre déterminé de vers offrant un sens complet, et assujetti, pour la mesure des vers et l’ordre des rimes, à une règle qui s’observe dans toute la pièce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stance · stance · French
stance · rank #96,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,403
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Stadion
Nearest frequency peer: Stadion (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « stance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- soupirait
soupirait
3,603 corpus weight
- sphynx
sphynx
3,601 corpus weight
- Stace
Stace
3,600 corpus weight
- Stadion
Stadion
3,599 corpus weight
- stance
stance
3,598 corpus weight
- steiger
steiger
3,597 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stance is uncommon French at frequency #96,403 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stance, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is stance, spelled S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre déterminé de vers offrant un sens complet, et assujetti, pour la mesure des vers et l’ordre des rimes, à une règle qui s’observe dans toute la pièce.
- 2Position des pieds au sol lors de la frappe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quatre jeunes filles, […], conduisaient le chœur, élevant au ciel pour l’âme du défunt, une hymne dont nous n’avons pu retrouver que deux ou trois stances.
C’est, dit-elle, de simples stances sur lesquelles j’ai osé plaquer des réminiscences d’airs allemands.
This word in other languages
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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