glossaire

\ɡlɔ.sɛʁ\

/\ɡlɔ.sɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“glossaire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,382
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dictionnaire spécialisé servant à expliquer le vocabulaire d'un domaine technique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glossaire · glossaire · French

glossaire · rank #26,382 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,382
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gone

Nearest frequency peer: gone (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « glossaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « glossaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glossaire
PropertyValue
Headwordglossaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡlɔ.sɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,382
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « glossaire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).glossairese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gone » (#26,383), « Gisèle » (#26,380), « grenadiers » (#26,384). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glossaire » est au #26,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around glossaire (IPA \ɡlɔ.sɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,382 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dictionnaire spécialisé servant à expliquer le vocabulaire d'un domaine technique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for glossaire, with forms such as "gglossaire", "gllossaire", and "glosaire". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is glossaire, spelled G-L-O-S-S-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dictionnaire spécialisé servant à expliquer le vocabulaire d'un domaine technique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon glossaire jmoude était très riche ; mais le sens d'un certain nombre de mots appris de la bouche de paysans grossiers demeurait encore pour moi enveloppé d'une obscurité relative.
  2. […]; au premier abord, le lecteur pourra se sentir un peu dérouté, mais qu'il veuille bien se donner la peine, sans être obligé de se reporter au glossaire, de lire quelques lignes à haute voix ; […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gglossaire
  • gllossaire
  • glosaire
  • glosasire
  • glossaier
  • glossairre
  • glossarie
  • glossiare
  • glsosaire
  • golssaire
  • lgossaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glossaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gglossaire1gllossaire1glosaire1glosasire2glossaier2glossairre1glossarie2glossiare2
Edit distance from "glossaire"

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 "glossaire"?
"glossaire" is spelled G-L-O-S-S-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlɔ.sɛʁ\.
What does "glossaire" mean?
As a noun, "glossaire" means: Dictionnaire spécialisé servant à expliquer le vocabulaire d'un domaine technique.
What are common misspellings of "glossaire"?
Common misspellings include "gglossaire", "gllossaire", "glosaire", "glosasire", "glossaier". The correct spelling is "glossaire".
How do you pronounce "glossaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glossaire" is \ɡlɔ.sɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glossaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list