glycol
\ɡli.kɔl\
The verdict
“glycol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,112
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diol non géminal, souvent vicinal.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glycol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡli.kɔl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glycol” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around glycol (IPA \ɡli.kɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,112 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for glycol, with forms such as "gglycol", "glcyol", and "gllycol". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "glaçon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is glycol, spelled G-L-Y-C-O-L.
Definition
- 1Diol non géminal, souvent vicinal.
- 2Composé organique caractérisé par un certain nombre de groupes hydroxyles (→ voir polyol et polyalcool).
- 3Éthylène glycol.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglycol
- glcyol
- gllycol
- glyccol
- glyclo
- glycoll
- glyocl
- glyycol
- gylcol
- lgycol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glycol - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “glycol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-Y-C-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡli.kɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “glaçon” - see the side-by-side comparison. glycol vs glaçon
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.