glaise
\ɡlɛz\
The verdict
“glaise” is uncommon French (frequency #52,715 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,715
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Argile grasse et compacte que l’eau ne pénètre pas et dont on se sert pour faire de la poterie, pour amender des terrains ou, en sculpture, pour modeler une ébauche de buste, de statue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glaise · glaise · French
glaise · rank #52,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,715
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH genêts
Nearest frequency peer: genêts (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « glaise »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gecko
gecko
47,290 corpus weight
- genêts
genêts
47,287 corpus weight
- glaise
glaise
47,286 corpus weight
- glauques
glauques
47,285 corpus weight
- goûtent
goûtent
47,284 corpus weight
- Granier
Granier
47,283 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « glaise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glaise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlɛz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « glaise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
glaise is uncommon French at frequency #52,715 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡlɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for glaise in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 glaise, spelled G-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Argile grasse et compacte que l’eau ne pénètre pas et dont on se sert pour faire de la poterie, pour amender des terrains ou, en sculpture, pour modeler une ébauche de buste, de statue.
- 2Glaie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glaise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut aussi classer dans le même terrain la glaise gris-foncé, non calcaire, que l'on observe sur le territoire de Seraincourt, au-dessus des marnes crayeuses.
Il faisait bon dans cette cabane, bâtie avec des perches serrées l’une contre l’autre et réunies à leur sommet, de manière à former un pain de sucre. De la glaise battue et des mottes de gazon la recouvraient.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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