glaçant

\ɡla.sɑ̃\

/\ɡla.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“glaçant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,556
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui glace.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glacant · glaçant · French

glaçant · rank #48,556 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,556
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gladstone

Nearest frequency peer: Gladstone (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « glaçant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « glaçant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

glaçant vs glaçon
71% similar
glaçant vs gluant
71% similar
glaçant vs glaçons
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for glaçant
PropertyValue
Headwordglaçant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡla.sɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,556
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « glaçant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).glaçantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gladstone » (#48,555), « gonflant » (#48,558), « gift » (#48,553). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glaçant » est au #48,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around glaçant (IPA \ɡla.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,556 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for glaçant, with forms such as "galçant", "gglaçant", and "glaaçnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "glaçon", "gluant", "glaçons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is glaçant, spelled G-L-A-Ç-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui glace.
  2. 2
    Qui manque de chaleur humaine.
  3. 3
    Qui terrifie ou choque jusqu'au figement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un froid glaçant.
  2. Une bise glaçante.

Synonyms

glacial

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • galçant
  • gglaçant
  • glaaçnt
  • glacant
  • glaçannt
  • glaçantt
  • glaçatn
  • glaçnat
  • gllaçant
  • glçaant
  • lgaçant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glaçant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

galçant2gglaçant1glaaçnt2glacant1glaçannt1glaçantt1glaçatn2glaçnat2
Edit distance from "glaçant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glaçant"?
"glaçant" is spelled G-L-A-Ç-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡla.sɑ̃\.
What does "glaçant" mean?
As an adjective, "glaçant" means: Qui glace.
What words are commonly confused with "glaçant"?
"glaçant" is commonly confused with "glaçon", "gluant", "glaçons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glaçant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glaçant" is \ɡla.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glaçant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glaçant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gallant#48,549grouper#48,563Guillou#48,565furtive#48,544

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

grattant11 variantsGeronimo11 variantsGünther11 variantsfrancos11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list