tancer
\tɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“tancer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réprimander, admonester, morigéner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tancer · tancer · French
tancer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tancer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tancer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \tɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réprimander, admonester, morigéner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tancer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tancer, spelled T-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Réprimander, admonester, morigéner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa colère fut grande et il tança vertement son fils.
Elle me tança beaucoup de m’être laissée aller au sommeil sur les pierres jomâtres, qui sont un mauvais endroit, et elle m’enseigna ce que je devais faire pour me sauver des mauvais esprits qui avaient agi avec moi comme s’ils croyaient m’avoir achetée.
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.