glanage

\ɡla.naʒ\

/\ɡla.naʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“glanage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Activité de récupération consistant à ramasser de manière artisanale les produits agricoles restants après une moisson.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glanage · glanage · French

glanage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for glanage
PropertyValue
Headwordglanage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡla.naʒ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « glanage » en français

glanagesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glanage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡla.naʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Activité de récupération consistant à ramasser de manière artisanale les produits agricoles restants après une moisson.".

glanage has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 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 glanage, spelled G-L-A-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Activité de récupération consistant à ramasser de manière artisanale les produits agricoles restants après une moisson.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À l’échelle de la population mondiale actuelle, le glanage, la cueillette, la chasse et la pêche sauvage ne peuvent se substituer à l’agriculture et devenir un mode d’alimentation à grande échelle sans mettre en danger les espèces.
  2. Mine de rien, 500 kilogrammes de fruits ont ainsi été ramassés au cours d’une quinzaine d’activités de glanage au cours des dernières semaines, selon ce que nous a expliqué Alix Fournier, chargée de projet chez Les Anges-Jardins, un projet visant une plus grande autonomie dans la région.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glanage"?
"glanage" is spelled G-L-A-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡla.naʒ\.
What does "glanage" mean?
As a noun, "glanage" means: Activité de récupération consistant à ramasser de manière artisanale les produits agricoles restants après une moisson.
How do you pronounce "glanage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glanage" is \ɡla.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glanage" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list