glaces

\ɡlas\

/\ɡlas\/ noun

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The verdict

“glaces” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,701
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-glaces · glaces · French

glaces · rank #7,701 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,701
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gary

Nearest frequency peer: Gary (-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 « glaces »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « glaces » 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).

glaces vs Glas
50% similar
glaces vs grâce
50% similar
glaces vs glass
67% similar

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

Key facts for glaces
PropertyValue
Headwordglaces
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡlas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,701
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « glaces »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).glacesse 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 « Gary » (#7,700), « Gold » (#7,702), « gants » (#7,699). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glaces » est au #7,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around glaces (IPA \ɡlas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,701 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de glace.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for glaces, with forms such as "galces", "gglaces", and "glacces". 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", "grâce", "glass", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is glaces, spelled G-L-A-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de glace.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle disposa les fleurs au chevet, fit arrêter le balancier de l’horloge, voiler les glaces et les miroirs, fermer les fenêtres et cacher les portraits.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • galces
  • gglaces
  • glacces
  • glacess
  • glacse
  • glaecs
  • glcaes
  • gllaces
  • lgaces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glaces - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

galces2gglaces1glacces1glacess1glacse2glaecs2glcaes2gllaces1
Edit distance from "glaces"

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 "glaces"?
"glaces" is spelled G-L-A-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlas\.
What does "glaces" mean?
As a noun, "glaces" means: Pluriel de glace.
What words are commonly confused with "glaces"?
"glaces" is commonly confused with "Glas", "grâce", "glass". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glaces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glaces" is \ɡlas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glaces" come from?
"glaces" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frites#7,697habits#7,706harper#7,707Howard#7,709

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

enterré9 variantsinédit9 variantsloyers9 variantscolloque9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list