crème glacée
\kʁɛm ɡla.se\
The verdict
“crème glacée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dessert glacé élaboré à partir de crème ou de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, d’arômes et de sucre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crème glacée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɛm ɡla.se\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crème glacée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for crème glacée is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁɛm ɡla.se\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for crème glacée in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crème glacée, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -G-L-A-C-É-E.
Definition
- 1Dessert glacé élaboré à partir de crème ou de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, d’arômes et de sucre.
- 2Sorbet.
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.
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Using “crème glacée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-R-È-M-E- -G-L-A-C-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kʁɛm ɡla.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.