Glas

\ˈɡlaːs\

/\ˈɡlaːs\/ noun

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The verdict

“Glas” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,969
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verre, la matière (sans ou avec pluriel, cf. note et exemples).

Corpus desk

Index FR-glas · Glas · French

Glas · rank #28,969 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,969
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glacées

Nearest frequency peer: glacées (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Glas »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Glas » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Glas vs Gs
50% similar
Glas vs GPS
25% similar
Glas vs gus
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Glas
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɡlaːs\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,969
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Glas »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Glasse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « glacées » (#28,968), « GN » (#28,970), « Ghislain » (#28,967). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Glas » est au #28,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Glas (IPA \ˈɡlaːs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,969 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glas, with forms such as "gals", "gglas", and "gllas". 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, "Gs", "GPS", "gus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Glas, spelled G-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verre, la matière (sans ou avec pluriel, cf. note et exemples).
  2. 2
    Verre, le récipient.
  3. 3
    Quantité de liquide pouvant être contenue dans un verre du sens 2.
  4. 4
    Appareil optique, lunettes.
  5. 5
    Bocal ou tout récipient en verre.
  6. 6
    Vitre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Glas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dieses Kunstwerk besteht aus Glas, es ist ein Lalique.
  2. Die gute chemische Beständigkeit gegenüber Wasser, vielen Chemikalien und pharmazeutischen Produkten (hydrolytische Klasse 1) erklärt sich durch den Bor-Gehalt der Gläser.

Synonyms

Trinkglas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gals
  • gglas
  • gllas
  • glsa
  • lgas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glas - 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.

gals2gglas1gllas1glsa2lgas2
Edit distance from "Glas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Glas"?
"Glas" is spelled G-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɡlaːs\.
What does "Glas" mean?
As a noun, "Glas" means: Verre, la matière (sans ou avec pluriel, cf. note et exemples).
What words are commonly confused with "Glas"?
"Glas" is commonly confused with "Gs", "GPS", "gus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Glas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glas" is \ˈɡlaːs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glas" come from?
"Glas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Glas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hole#28,986fend#28,951juil#29,006kiff#29,010

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

kiwi5 variantsdocu5 variantsdico5 variantsPassy5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list