glaiseux
The verdict
“glaiseux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature de la glaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glaiseux · glaiseux · French
glaiseux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glaiseux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
glaiseux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est de la nature de la glaise.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for glaiseux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is glaiseux, spelled G-L-A-I-S-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est de la nature de la glaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glaiseux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« — Que voulez-vous, les vents contraires ont soufflé jusqu’à avril ; en mai, le sol est devenu glaiseux ; en juin, il s’est craquelé ; au début de juillet apparurent les premières tornades.
Pater ne répond pas ; il se contente de jurer pour son compte sous les mols décombres où il s’empêtre et bientôt, avec des flocs sinistres, je le vois soulever lentement sur son dos rond la couverture, lourde comme un suaire glaiseux.
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.