glane

/\ɡlan\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,111

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

glane is aFrenchnoun. It means: Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont liées. Pronounced \ɡlan\. Often confused with gran and gone.

Key facts for glane
PropertyValue
Headwordglane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡlan\
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,111
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for glane is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡlan\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,111 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for glane, with forms such as "galne", "gglane", and "glaen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "gone", "Glas", 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 glane, spelled G-L-A-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont liées.
  2. 2
    Action de ramasser ces épis.
  3. 3
    Droit de glaner dans un champ.
  4. 4
    Petit faisceau de brins de paille liés ensemble ou tordus pour servir de soutien à quelque chose. Torche.
  5. 5
    Plusieurs petites poires qui sont rangées les unes à côté des autres sur une même branche.
  6. 6
    Plusieurs oignons disposés en chapelet sur une torche ou corde de paille.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: galne,gglane,glaen,glanne,gllane,glnae,lgane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for glane

Misspelling Variants of "glane"

galne5gglane6glaen5glanne6gllane6glnae5lgane5
Misspelling Variants of "glane"

Frequency rank: #49,111 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glane"?
"glane" is spelled G-L-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlan\.
What does "glane" mean?
As a noun, "glane" means: Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont liées.
What words are commonly confused with "glane"?
"glane" is commonly confused with "gran", "gone", "Glas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glane" is \ɡlan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glane" come from?
"glane" 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.