gluten

\ɡly.tɛn\

/\ɡly.tɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“gluten” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,436
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réseau de protéines formé lors du pétrissage d’une pâte à base de farine de certaines céréales (comme le blé), lorsque les protéines natives — principalement la gliadine et la gluténine — interagis...

Corpus desk

Index FR-gluten · gluten · French

gluten · rank #17,436 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,436
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glaciers

Nearest frequency peer: glaciers (-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 « gluten »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gluten » 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).

gluten vs goûte
50% similar
gluten vs gouter
67% similar
gluten vs goûtez
50% similar

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

Key facts for gluten
PropertyValue
Headwordgluten
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡly.tɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,436
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gluten »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).glutense 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 « glaciers » (#17,435), « gramme » (#17,437), « Giroud » (#17,434). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gluten » est au #17,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gluten (IPA \ɡly.tɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,436 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gluten, with forms such as "ggluten", "glluten", and "gltuen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "goûte", "gouter", "goûtez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gluten, spelled G-L-U-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réseau de protéines formé lors du pétrissage d’une pâte à base de farine de certaines céréales (comme le blé), lorsque les protéines natives — principalement la gliadine et la gluténine — interagissent en présence d’eau.
  2. 2
    Matière tenace dont on croyait qu’elle servait à lier ensemble les parties composant un corps solide, tel que les pierres, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est le gluten et la partie sucrée qui sont les seules matières fermentatives du blé , et les seules qui puissent se décomposer. L’amidon en est la partie nutritive, il n'est susceptible ni de fermentation, ni de putréfaction. C'est le gluten qui rend le pain de froment si léger ; car sans lui la pâte ne lèverait que très-imparfaitement ; c'est pourquoi…
  2. La farine constitue, comme le lait, un aliment complet, […]. On y trouve en effet une matière azotée, appelée gluten, comparable au caséum, une matière grasse analogue au beurre, une matière amylacée qui correspond au sucre de lait, et enfin des sels minéraux.

Synonyms

glutine

This word in other languages

gluten(English)Gluten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggluten
  • glluten
  • gltuen
  • gluetn
  • glutenn
  • glutne
  • glutten
  • gulten
  • lguten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggluten1glluten1gltuen2gluetn2glutenn1glutne2glutten1gulten2
Edit distance from "gluten"

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 "gluten"?
"gluten" is spelled G-L-U-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡly.tɛn\.
What does "gluten" mean?
As a noun, "gluten" means: Réseau de protéines formé lors du pétrissage d’une pâte à base de farine de certaines céréales (comme le blé), lorsque les protéines natives — principalement la gliadine et la gluténine — interagis...
What words are commonly confused with "gluten"?
"gluten" is commonly confused with "goûte", "gouter", "goûtez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gluten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gluten" is \ɡly.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gluten" come from?
"gluten" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gramme#17,437Giroud#17,434gravée#17,439grâces#17,441

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

foncer9 variantshôtesse9 variantsenvoies9 variantsLarousse9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list