Which to use
“lancée” and “lycée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,869
- “lancée” frequency rank
- #1,482
- “lycée” frequency rank
- 6351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancée | lycée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Employé par quelques médecins comme synonyme d'élancement | Établissement public ou privé d’enseignement du second cycle du second degré en France. École d’enseignement secondaire (Belgique), école secondaire (Canada). |
Where the eye mixes lancée and lycée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lancée and lycée
A purely visual mix-up. lancée (\lɑ̃.se\) and lycée (\li.se\) 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 6351, 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\. lycée is at rank #1,482, tagged as anoun, pronounced \li.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 6351, this pair ranks #426,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lancée vs lycée
Shared letters: celé. Private to "lancée": an. Private to "lycée": y.
"lancée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "lycée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lancée" and "lycée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lancée" or "lycée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lancée" and "lycée" 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 "lycée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancée" and "lycée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancée vs lancet". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #426,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.