lancéevslandeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“lancée” and “lande” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,869
“lancée” frequency rank
#24,265
“lande” frequency rank
29134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lancée lande
Definition Employé par quelques médecins comme synonyme d'élancement Étendue de terre inculte et stérile.

Where the eye mixes lancée and lande

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
lancée
5 ch
lande

Why the eye confuses lancée with lande

A purely visual mix-up. lancée (\lɑ̃.se\) and lande (\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 29134, 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\. lande is at rank #24,265, 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 29134, this pair ranks #318,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lancée vs lande

Shared letters: aeln. Private to "lancée": . Private to "lande": d.

"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • landealnde · landde · laned · lannde · llande · lnade

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lancée" and "lande" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\lɑ̃.se\ versus \lɑ̃d\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lancée" vs "lande" - which ranks higher?
"lancée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,869 in our French list, against #24,265 for "lande". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "lancée" and "lande" 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 "lande" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #318,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lancée" and "lande" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancet vs lande". 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 #318,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list