lance
The verdict
“lance” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,335 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,335
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lance |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lance” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for lance is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #3,335 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1jogada (em evento esportivo, por exemplo)
- 2num leilão, intenção de pagar um certo valor pelo objeto leiloado
- 3evento; ocorrência
- 4empreitada; aventura
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.
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.
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Using “lance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “land” - see the side-by-side comparison. lance vs land
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.