Which to use
“lancée” and “lanceur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,869
- “lancée” frequency rank
- #11,607
- “lanceur” frequency rank
- 16476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancée | lanceur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employé par quelques médecins comme synonyme d'élancement | Celui qui lance. |
Where the eye mixes lancée and lanceur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lancée vs lanceur
A purely visual mix-up. lancée (\lɑ̃.se\) and lanceur (\lɑ̃.sœʁ\) 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 16476, 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\. lanceur is at rank #11,607, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.sœʁ\.
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 16476, this pair ranks #387,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lancée vs lanceur
Shared letters: aceln. Private to "lancée": é. Private to "lanceur": ru.
"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lanceur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lanceur ← alnceur · lacneur · lancceur · lanceru · lanceurr · lancuer · lanecur · lannceur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lancée" and "lanceur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lancée" or "lanceur" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lancée" and "lanceur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lancée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lanceur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancée" and "lanceur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lacour vs lanceur". 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 #387,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.