glose
\ɡloz\
The verdict
“glose” is an uncommon French word, ranked #82,074 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,074
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mot vieilli ou difficile, recueilli dans les auteurs grecs et expliqué.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡloz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glose” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for glose is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡloz\. Corpus data places it at rank #82,074 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Mot vieilli ou difficile, recueilli dans les auteurs grecs et expliqué.
- 2Note 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.
- 3Commentaires des glossateurs qui accompagnent certains textes.
- 4Parodie rimée d’une pièce de poésie dont on répète un vers à la fin de chaque stance.
- 5Récit.
- 6Réflexion, interprétation, critique.
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); 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 “glose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡloz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.