Which to use
“lance” and “Land” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,441
- “lance” frequency rank
- #10,023
- “Land” frequency rank
- 11464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lance | Land |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arme à long bois, terminée par un fer pointu et qui, au Moyen Âge, était fort grosse vers la poignée. | Variante orthographique de land. |
Where the eye mixes lance and Land
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lance and Land
A purely visual mix-up. lance (\lɑ̃s\) and Land (\lɑ̃d\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lance is recorded at frequency rank #1,441, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃s\. Land is at rank #10,023, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃d\.
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 11464, this pair ranks #409,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lance vs Land
Shared letters: aln. Private to "lance": ce. Private to "Land": d.
"lance" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Land" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lance" and "Land" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "lance" or "Land" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lance" and "Land" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Land" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lance" and "Land" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lago vs Land". 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 #409,059 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.