Which to use
“lanceur” and “lanceurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,607
- “lanceur” frequency rank
- #15,422
- “lanceurs” frequency rank
- 27029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lanceur | lanceurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui lance. | Pluriel de lanceur. |
Same sound, different letters: lanceur vs lanceurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: lanceur vs lanceurs
This is the hard kind. lanceur and lanceurs are pronounced identically (\lɑ̃.sœʁ\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lanceur” sits inside “lanceurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lanceur is recorded at frequency rank #11,607, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃.sœʁ\. 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 27029, this pair ranks #331,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lanceur vs lanceurs
Shared letters: acelnru. Private to "lanceur": -. Private to "lanceurs": s.
"lanceur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "lanceurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lanceur" and "lanceurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lanceur" or "lanceurs" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "lanceur" / "lanceurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lanceur" 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 #331,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lanceur" 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 #331,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.