Which to use
“lancées” and “lancers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,829
- “lancées” frequency rank
- #25,714
- “lancers” frequency rank
- 39543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancées | lancers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lancée. | Pluriel de lancer. |
Same sound, different letters: lancées vs lancers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. lancées (CVCCVVC) and lancers (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - lancées and lancers
This is the hard kind. lancées and lancers are pronounced identically (\lɑ̃.se\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lancées is recorded at frequency rank #13,829, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.se\. lancers is at rank #25,714, tagged as anoun, 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 39543, this pair ranks #247,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lancées vs lancers
Shared letters: acelns. Private to "lancées": é. Private to "lancers": r.
"lancées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "lancers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lancers ← alncers · lacners · lanccers · lancerrs · lancerss · lancesr · lancres · lanecrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lancées" and "lancers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lancées" or "lancers"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "lancées" / "lancers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lancées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lancers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,181 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancées" and "lancers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancers vs lancet". 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 #247,181 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.