gland
\ɡlɑ̃\
The verdict
“gland” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #17,145 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,145
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruit du chêne, akène logé dans une cupule.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gland |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gland” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gland is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡlɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,145 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gland, with forms such as "galnd", "ggland", and "gladn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "Glas", "grand", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gland, spelled G-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Fruit du chêne, akène logé dans une cupule.
- 2Une des quatre enseignes d’un jeu de cartes germanique ou suisse, ainsi nommée parce que les cartes de cette couleur sont marquées de glands stylisés.
- 3Extrémité du pénis ou du clitoris.
- 4Ouvrage de fil, de soie, ou d’autre matière, qui est composé d’une espèce de tête arrondie et de filets pendants, et dont on se sert pour attacher ou orner les vêtements, les tentures, etc.
- 5Ornement de passementerie fixé aux coins du drap mortuaire appelé poêle.
- 6Gâteau en forme de gland de chêne, constitué de pâte à choux fourrée de crème pâtissière généralement aromatisée au kirsch, avec un glaçage fondant vert, blanc ou rose et du pailleté de chocolat sur une extrémité.
- 7Accessoire utilisé pour actionner à distance une sonnette.
- 8Projectile en plomb utilisé dans des frondes par l’armée romaine entre autres.
- 9Petit étau à main en bois, utilisé par divers artisans dont les peigniers et les parcheminiers.
- 10Meuble représentant le fruit du chêne dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représentée de profil.
- 11Imbécile, tête de nœud.
- 12Individu inactif, qui glande.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: galnd,ggland,gladn,glandd,glannd,glland,glnad,lgand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gland - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “gland”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡlɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gran” - see the side-by-side comparison. gland vs gran
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.