Which to use
“lâchera” and “lancera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,136
- “lâchera” frequency rank
- #30,244
- “lancera” frequency rank
- 65380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâchera | lancera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de lâcher. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de lancer. |
Where the eye mixes lâchera and lancera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lâchera and lancera follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lâchera vs lancera
A purely visual mix-up. lâchera (\la.ʃə.ʁa\) and lancera (\lɑ̃.sə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâchera is recorded at frequency rank #35,136, classified as averb, pronounced \la.ʃə.ʁa\. lancera is at rank #30,244, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɑ̃.sə.ʁa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65380, this pair ranks #72,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lâchera vs lancera
Shared letters: acelr. Private to "lâchera": hâ. Private to "lancera": n.
"lâchera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "lancera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lancera ← alncera · lacnera · lanccera · lancear · lancerra · lancrea · lanecra · lanncera
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lâchera" and "lancera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lâchera" or "lancera" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lâchera" and "lancera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lancera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâchera" and "lancera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâcha vs lâchera". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #72,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.