Which to use
“lancée” and “lancées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,869
- “lancée” frequency rank
- #13,829
- “lancées” frequency rank
- 18698
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancée | lancées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employé par quelques médecins comme synonyme d'élancement | Pluriel de lancée. |
Same sound, different letters: lancée vs lancées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: lancée vs lancées
This is the hard kind. lancée and lancées are pronounced identically (\lɑ̃.se\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lancée” sits inside “lancées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lancée is recorded at frequency rank #4,869, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.se\. lancées is at rank #13,829, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.se\.
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 18698, this pair ranks #377,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lancée vs lancées
Shared letters: acelné. Private to "lancée": -. Private to "lancées": s.
"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lancées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lancée" and "lancées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lancée" vs "lancées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"lancée" and "lancées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "lancée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lancées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancée" and "lancées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancées vs lancet". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #377,013 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.