Glaris
\ɡla.ʁis\
The verdict
“Glaris” is uncommon French (frequency #79,349 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,349
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville suisse et capitale du canton du même nom.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glaris · Glaris · French
Glaris · rank #79,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,349
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Germania
Nearest frequency peer: Germania (-3 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Glaris »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gathering
gathering
20,658 corpus weight
- gegen
gegen
20,657 corpus weight
- Germania
Germania
20,655 corpus weight
- Glaris
Glaris
20,652 corpus weight
- Gough
Gough
20,648 corpus weight
- goujons
goujons
20,647 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Glaris » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glaris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡla.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Glaris » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Glaris is uncommon French at frequency #79,349 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡla.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Glaris, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Glaris, spelled G-L-A-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Ville suisse et capitale du canton du même nom.
- 2Canton de Suisse.
- 3Commune du canton de Glaris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glaris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les quatre communes situées au centre du canton prendront le nom de l’actuelle capitale Glaris.
La Landsgemeinde de Glaris a accepté dimanche d’accorder le droit de vote à 16 ans au niveau cantonal.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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