glose

\ɡloz\

/\ɡloz\/ noun

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The verdict

“glose” is uncommon French (frequency #82,074 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,074
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot vieilli ou difficile, recueilli dans les auteurs grecs et expliqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glose · glose · French

glose · rank #82,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,074
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glide

Nearest frequency peer: glide (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « glose »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « glose » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glose
PropertyValue
Headwordglose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡloz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « glose » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).glosetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « glide » (#82,073), « goguenard » (#82,075), « gisaient » (#82,072). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glose » est au #82,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glose is uncommon French at frequency #82,074 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡloz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for glose in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is glose, spelled G-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot vieilli ou difficile, recueilli dans les auteurs grecs et expliqué.
  2. 2
    Note explicative servant à l’éclaircissement sur les mots ou sur le sens d’un texte, dans la même langue que le texte, explication mise d’ordinaire en marge.
  3. 3
    Commentaires des glossateurs qui accompagnent certains textes.
  4. 4
    Parodie rimée d’une pièce de poésie dont on répète un vers à la fin de chaque stance.
  5. 5
    Récit.
  6. 6
    Réflexion, interprétation, critique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Érotien a donné un recueil des gloses d’Hippocrate.
  2. Bien des gens sont tentés de rire en voyant des esprits sérieux dépenser une prodigieuse activité pour expliquer des particularités grammaticales, recueillir des gloses, comparer les variantes de quelque ancien auteur […]

Synonyms

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This word in other languages

gloss(English)glosa(Español)Glosse(Deutsch)glosa(Português)

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 "glose"?
"glose" is spelled G-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡloz\.
What does "glose" mean?
As a noun, "glose" means: Mot vieilli ou difficile, recueilli dans les auteurs grecs et expliqué.
How do you pronounce "glose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glose" is \ɡloz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glose" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glide#82,073garot#82,062freda#82,047impor#82,126

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list