glacis
[ˈglasis]
The verdict
“glacis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Declive o caída hacia el campo, desde el camino cubierto, en una fortificación permanente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-glacis · glacis · Spanish
glacis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glacis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈglasis] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “glacis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
glacis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈglasis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Declive o caída hacia el campo, desde el camino cubierto, en una fortificación permanente.".
No misspelling variants are generated for glacis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is glacis, spelled G-L-A-C-I-S.
Definition
- 1Declive o caída hacia el campo, desde el camino cubierto, en una fortificación permanente.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.