glissoire
\ɡli.swaʁ\
The verdict
“glissoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chemin frayé sur la glace pour y glisser par amusement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glissoire · glissoire · French
glissoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glissoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡli.swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
glissoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡli.swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chemin frayé sur la glace pour y glisser par amusement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for glissoire in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is glissoire, spelled G-L-I-S-S-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Chemin frayé sur la glace pour y glisser par amusement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glissoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les enfants font des glissoires sur les ruisseaux gelés.
Enfin, les jeux particuliers défendus ou permis : la cavalerie de nos échasses, les longues glissoires faites en hiver, le tapage de nos galoches gauloises, et surtout le commerce introduit par la boutique établie dans l’intérieur de nos cours.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.