glue

\ɡly\

/\ɡly\/ verb

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The verdict

“glue” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,681
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gluer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glue · glue · French

glue · rank #49,681 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,681
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH given

Nearest frequency peer: given (-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 « glue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « glue » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

glue vs guy
50% similar
glue vs gré
25% similar
glue vs gun
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for glue
PropertyValue
Headwordglue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡly\
Letters4
Frequency rank#49,681
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « glue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gluese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « given » (#49,680), « gorilla » (#49,682), « Gilberto » (#49,678). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glue » est au #49,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around glue (IPA \ɡly\), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,681 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for glue, with forms such as "gglue", "gleu", and "gllue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "gré", "gun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is glue, spelled G-L-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gluer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gluer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gluer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de gluer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de gluer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gglue
  • gleu
  • gllue
  • gule
  • lgue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glue - 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.

gglue1gleu2gllue1gule2lgue2
Edit distance from "glue"

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 "glue"?
"glue" is spelled G-L-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡly\.
What does "glue" mean?
As a verb, "glue" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gluer.
What words are commonly confused with "glue"?
"glue" is commonly confused with "guy", "gré", "gun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glue" is \ɡly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glue" come from?
"glue" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kehl#49,751kiko#49,755dray#49,605lago#49,759

Similar misspelling depth

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

lobo5 variantsmaid5 variantsmemo5 variantsmito5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list