gloire
\ɡlwaʁ\
The verdict
“gloire” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,760 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,760
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Renommée brillante, universelle et durable, éclat que les vertus, le mérite, les grandes qualités, les grandes actions ou les grandes œuvres attirent à quelqu’un.
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 | gloire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gloire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gloire is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡlwaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,760 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gloire, with forms such as "ggloire", "gliore", and "glloire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "glory", "gloires", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gloire, spelled G-L-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Renommée brillante, universelle et durable, éclat que les vertus, le mérite, les grandes qualités, les grandes actions ou les grandes œuvres attirent à quelqu’un.
- 2Personne dont les actions, les talents, les œuvres, etc., sont célèbres.
- 3Chose unique et remarquable.
- 4Hommage rendu à Dieu.
- 5Éclat ; splendeur.
- 6Béatitude dont on jouit dans le paradis.
- 7Cercle de lumière, auréole qui se met autour de la tête des saints ou des personnes illustres par leurs vertus.
- 8Représentation du ciel ouvert, avec les personnes divines, les anges et les bienheureux.
- 9Assemblage de rayons divergents représentant l’influence des forces divines sur le monde ; peut inclure au centre la Trinité sous la forme d’un triangle.
- 10Machine suspendue et entourée de nuages, sur laquelle se placent les personnages surhumains qui doivent descendre du ciel ou y monter.
- 11Phénomène optique de rétroréflexion où l’on voit son ombre projetée sur un nuage et entourée d’un halo irisé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggloire,gliore,glloire,gloier,gloirre,glorie,golire,lgoire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gloire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “gloire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-O-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡlwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gore” - see the side-by-side comparison. gloire vs gore
- 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.