Which to use
“lancées” and “lanceurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,829
- “lancées” frequency rank
- #15,422
- “lanceurs” frequency rank
- 29251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lancées | lanceurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lancée. | Pluriel de lanceur. |
Where the eye mixes lancées and lanceurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses lancées with lanceurs
A purely visual mix-up. lancées (\lɑ̃.se\) and lanceurs (\lɑ̃.sœʁ\) 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 29251, 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\. lanceurs is at rank #15,422, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.sœʁ\.
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 29251, this pair ranks #317,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lancées vs lanceurs
Shared letters: acelns. Private to "lancées": é. Private to "lanceurs": ru.
"lancées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "lanceurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lanceurs ← alnceurs · lacneurs · lancceurs · lancerus · lanceurrs · lanceurss · lanceusr · lancuers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lancées" and "lanceurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lancées" or "lanceurs"?
After this comparison
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 "lanceurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #317,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lancées" and "lanceurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lanceurs vs largeurs". 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 #317,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.