glace

\ɡlas\

/\ɡlas\/ noun

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The verdict

“glace” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,954
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Eau à l’état solide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glace · glace · French

glace · rank #1,954 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,954
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gare

Nearest frequency peer: gare (-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 « glace »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « glace » 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).

glace vs Glas
40% similar
glace vs glam
60% similar
glace vs glue
60% similar

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

Key facts for glace
PropertyValue
Headwordglace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡlas\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,954
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « glace »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).glacese 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 « gare » (#1,953), « hommage » (#1,955), « estime » (#1,952). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glace » est au #1,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around glace (IPA \ɡlas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,954 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for glace, with forms such as "galce", "gglace", and "glacce". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Glas", "glam", "glue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is glace, spelled G-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ou Eau à l’état solide.
  2. 2
    Zéro degré Celsius, température de l’eau qui gèle.
  3. 3
    Table de verre blanc de dimension quelconque et d'une égale épaisseur, dont les deux faces sont polies, et qui, au moyen de l’étain préparé appliqué sur une des faces, reflète fidèlement l’image des objets. En termes de miroiterie, un miroir est une glace de petite taille.
  4. 4
    Miroir portatif.
  5. 5
    Vitrage.
  6. 6
    Crème glacée, en général aromatisée aux fruits et servie à la fin d’un repas ou comme rafraîchissement.
  7. 7
    Préparation servant à napper, à réaliser le glaçage d’un mets, → voir demi-glace.
  8. 8
    Petite tache d’un diamant.
  9. 9
    Nom donné au XVIIIᵉ siècle à certains brocarts d’or ou d’argent d’aspect lisse comme un miroir.
  10. 10
    Aire elle-même, sur laquelle évoluent les joueurs de hockey.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette glace fondait un tantinet à midi mais regelait le soir, et, chaque matin, on commençait par la repolir avec amour.
  2. Les glaces de la mer Blanche n’avaient que peu de rapports avec celles de la banquise, et les cargos étaient précédés et convoyés par de remarquables « brise-glaces ».

Synonyms

miroirpsychétrumeauvitragevitrevitrinecrème glacéeice-creamsorbetgivruregelgivreréflecteurrétroviseurspéculum

This word in other languages

ice(English)hielo(Español)Eis(Deutsch)gelo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • galce
  • gglace
  • glacce
  • glaec
  • glcae
  • gllace
  • lgace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glace - 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.

galce2gglace1glacce1glaec2glcae2gllace1lgace2
Edit distance from "glace"

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 "glace"?
"glace" is spelled G-L-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlas\.
What does "glace" mean?
As a noun, "glace" means: ou Eau à l’état solide.
What words are commonly confused with "glace"?
"glace" is commonly confused with "Glas", "glam", "glue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glace" is \ɡlas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glace" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comte#1,947chier#1,945piste#1,963canal#1,944

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

plage7 variantsrepas7 variantsquels7 variantstelles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list