glissades
\ɡli.sad\
The verdict
“glissades” is uncommon French (frequency #61,566 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,566
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de glissade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glissades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡli.sad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glissades” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glissades is uncommon French at frequency #61,566 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡli.sad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de glissade.".
glissades doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is glissades, spelled G-L-I-S-S-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de glissade.
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 “glissades”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-I-S-S-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡli.sad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.