Which to use
“lancée” is a noun and “lancez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,869
- “lancée” frequency rank
- #19,889
- “lancez” frequency rank
- 24758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancée | lancez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employé par quelques médecins comme synonyme d'élancement | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lancer. |
Same sound, different letters: lancée vs lancez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: lancée vs lancez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: lancée and lancez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \lɑ̃.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24758, 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\. lancez is at rank #19,889, tagged as averb, 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 24758, this pair ranks #344,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lancée vs lancez
Shared letters: aceln. Private to "lancée": é. Private to "lancez": z.
"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lancez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lancez ← alncez · lacnez · lanccez · lancezz · lancze · lanecz · lanncez · llancez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lancée" for "lancez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "lancée" or "lancez" show up more?
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 "lancez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancée" and "lancez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancet vs lancez". 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 #344,798 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.