lance

noun

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The verdict

“lance” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,335
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo)

Corpus desk

Index PT-lance · lance · Portuguese

lance · rank #3,335 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,335
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH lavar

Nearest frequency peer: lavar (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “lance”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “lance” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lance vs land
60% similar
lance vs lane
80% similar
lance vs late
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lance
PropertyValue
Headwordlance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,335
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “lance”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).lancecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “lavar” (#3,336), “gama” (#3,333), “funcionamento” (#3,332). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lance” fica em #3,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around lance, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,335 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lance, with forms such as "alnce", "lacne", and "lancce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "land", "lane", "late", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is lance, spelled L-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo)
  2. 2
    num leilão, intenção de pagar um certo valor pelo objeto leiloado
  3. 3
    evento; ocorrência
  4. 4
    empreitada; aventura

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. McLeish também lembrou o caso do sueco Henrik Larson, que teve uma perna quebrada em lance semelhante em 1999, mas voltou um ano depois.
  2. Naquela ocasião, o Santander fez um lance alto - de R$ 7 bilhões.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alnce
  • lacne
  • lancce
  • lanec
  • lannce
  • llance
  • lnace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

alnce2lacne2lancce1lanec2lannce1llance1lnace2
Edit distance from "lance"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lance"?
"lance" is spelled L-A-N-C-E.
What does "lance" mean?
As a noun, "lance" means: jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo)
What words are commonly confused with "lance"?
"lance" is commonly confused with "land", "lane", "late". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "lance" come from?
"lance" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lavar#3,336forem#3,330cópia#3,320salto#3,360

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

aceito7 variantstênis7 variantssenso7 variantsperdão7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list