glaner
\ɡla.ne\
The verdict
“glaner” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,814 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #39,814
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ramasser des épis de blé après la moisson.
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 | glaner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡla.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glaner” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for glaner is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡla.ne\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,814 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for glaner, with forms such as "galner", "gglaner", and "glaenr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "graver", "granger", "glace", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is glaner, spelled G-L-A-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ramasser des épis de blé après la moisson.
- 2Ramasser après la moisson.
- 3Collecter quelque peu quelque chose.
- 4Profiter d’une affaire où un autre a beaucoup gagné.
- 5Parler d’une matière, d’un sujet qu’un autre a déjà traité.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: galner,gglaner,glaenr,glanerr,glanner,glanre,gllaner,glnaer,lganer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glaner - 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 “glaner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-A-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡla.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “graver” - see the side-by-side comparison. glaner vs graver
- 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.