crème glacée
\kʁɛm ɡla.se\
The verdict
“crème glacée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dessert glacé élaboré à partir de crème ou de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, d’arômes et de sucre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-creme-glacee · crème glacée · French
crème glacée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « crème glacée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crème glacée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛm ɡla.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crème glacée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Crèmes glacées retirées des rayons pour cause de présence d’oxyde d’éthylène, une substance classée cancérogène et interdite en Europe.
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.