café glacé

\ka.fe ɡla.se\

/\ka.fe ɡla.se\/ noun

The verdict

“café glacé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Café accompagné de glaçons, broyé avec des glaçons ou mélangé à de la crème glacée.

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Index FR-cafe-glace · café glacé · French

café glacé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for café glacé
PropertyValue
Headwordcafé glacé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.fe ɡla.se\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « café glacé » en français

café glacén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

café glacé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.fe ɡla.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Café accompagné de glaçons, broyé avec des glaçons ou mélangé à de la crème glacée.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for café glacé, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is café glacé, spelled C-A-F-É- -G-L-A-C-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Café accompagné de glaçons, broyé avec des glaçons ou mélangé à de la crème glacée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Déjeûnez pendant les mois de juillet et août avec du café glacé, et pendant l’hiver avec du potage aux bécasses.
  2. Au menu de ce livre goutu : pâtes orzo, mezzés, cafés glacés…

Synonyms

café frappéfrappé de café

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "café glacé"?
"café glacé" is spelled C-A-F-É- -G-L-A-C-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.fe ɡla.se\.
What does "café glacé" mean?
As a noun, "café glacé" means: Café accompagné de glaçons, broyé avec des glaçons ou mélangé à de la crème glacée.
How do you pronounce "café glacé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "café glacé" is \ka.fe ɡla.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "café glacé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list