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.
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": cé. Private to "lande": d.
"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lande ← alnde · landde · laned · lannde · llande · lnade
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lancée" and "lande" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lancée" vs "lande" - which ranks higher?
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.