crème glacée

\kʁɛm ɡla.se\

/\kʁɛm ɡla.se\/ noun

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.

Key facts for crème glacée
PropertyValue
Headwordcrème glacée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛm ɡla.se\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crème glacée » en français

crème glacéereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

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

  1. 1
    Dessert glacé élaboré à partir de crème ou de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, d’arômes et de sucre.
  2. 2
    Sorbet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Crèmes glacées retirées des rayons pour cause de présence d’oxyde d’éthylène, une substance classée cancérogène et interdite en Europe.

Synonyms

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 "crème glacée"?
"crème glacée" is spelled C-R-È-M-E- -G-L-A-C-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛm ɡla.se\.
What does "crème glacée" mean?
As a noun, "crème glacée" means: Dessert glacé élaboré à partir de crème ou de lait, de jaunes d’œuf, d’arômes et de sucre.
How do you pronounce "crème glacée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crème glacée" is \kʁɛm ɡla.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crème glacée" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list