glissement
\ɡlis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“glissement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,047 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,047
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de glisser ; effet produit par cette action.
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 | glissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glissement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for glissement is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡlis.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,047 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for glissement, with forms such as "gglissement", "gilssement", and "glisement". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "glissent", "grassement", "glissements", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is glissement, spelled G-L-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de glisser ; effet produit par cette action.
- 2Déplacement.
- 3Glissement sémantique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gglissement,gilssement,glisement,glisesment,glisseemnt,glissemennt,glissementt,glissemetn,glissemment,glissemnet,glissmeent,gllissement,glsisement,lgissement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “glissement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡlis.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “glissent” - see the side-by-side comparison. glissement vs glissent
- 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.