glander

/\ɡlɑ̃.de\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,522

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

glander is aFrenchverb. It means: Manger des glands (en parlant des cochons), ramasser des glands. Pronounced \ɡlɑ̃.de\. Often confused with glane and grande.

Key facts for glander
PropertyValue
Headwordglander
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡlɑ̃.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,522
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of glander in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for glander is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡlɑ̃.de\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,522 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for glander, with forms such as "galnder", "gglander", and "gladner". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "glane", "grande", "glands", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is glander, spelled G-L-A-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manger des glands (en parlant des cochons), ramasser des glands.
  2. 2
    Faire.
  3. 3
    Rester à ne rien faire, ou dans un sens plus large, à ne pas travailler, ne pas être productif.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: galnder,gglander,gladner,glandder,glanderr,glandre,glanedr,glannder,gllander,glnader,lgander

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for glander

Misspelling Variants of "glander"

galnder7gglander8gladner7glandder8glanderr8glandre7glanedr7glannder8
Misspelling Variants of "glander"

Frequency rank: #31,522 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glander"?
"glander" is spelled G-L-A-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlɑ̃.de\.
What does "glander" mean?
As a verb, "glander" means: Manger des glands (en parlant des cochons), ramasser des glands.
What words are commonly confused with "glander"?
"glander" is commonly confused with "glane", "grande", "glands". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glander"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glander" is \ɡlɑ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glander" come from?
"glander" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.