Which to use
“lancées” and “lances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,829
- “lancées” frequency rank
- #15,925
- “lances” frequency rank
- 29754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancées | lances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lancée. | Pluriel de lance. |
Where the eye mixes lancées and lances
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. lancées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against lances's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lancées vs lances
A purely visual mix-up. lancées (\lɑ̃.se\) and lances (\lɑ̃s\) 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 29754, 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\. lances is at rank #15,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃s\.
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 29754, this pair ranks #314,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lancées vs lances
Shared letters: acelns. Private to "lancées": é. Private to "lances": -.
"lancées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "lances" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lances ← alnces · lacnes · lancces · lancess · lancse · lanecs · lannces · llances
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lancées" and "lances" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lancées" vs "lances" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lancées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancées" and "lances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lances vs linges". 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 #314,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.