Which to use
“lancée” and “lancers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,869
- “lancée” frequency rank
- #25,714
- “lancers” frequency rank
- 30583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancée | lancers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employé par quelques médecins comme synonyme d'élancement | Pluriel de lancer. |
Same sound, different letters: lancée vs lancers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. lancée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against lancers's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: lancée vs lancers
This is the hard kind. lancée and lancers 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30583, 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\. lancers is at rank #25,714, 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 30583, this pair ranks #309,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lancée vs lancers
Shared letters: aceln. Private to "lancée": é. Private to "lancers": rs.
"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lancers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lancers ← alncers · lacners · lanccers · lancerrs · lancerss · lancesr · lancres · lanecrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lancée" and "lancers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lancée" vs "lancers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "lancée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lancers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancée" and "lancers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancers vs lancet". 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 #309,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.