glyphe
\ɡlif\
The verdict
“glyphe” is uncommon French (frequency #83,913 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,913
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe graphique inscrit, gravé en creux
Corpus desk
Index FR-glyphe · glyphe · French
glyphe · rank #83,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,913
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH glycérol
Nearest frequency peer: glycérol (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « glyphe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glucide
glucide
16,090 corpus weight
- glycérol
glycérol
16,089 corpus weight
- glyphe
glyphe
16,088 corpus weight
- gores
gores
16,087 corpus weight
- gour
gour
16,086 corpus weight
- graminée
graminée
16,085 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « glyphe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glyphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlif\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « glyphe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
glyphe is uncommon French at frequency #83,913 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡlif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for glyphe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is glyphe, spelled G-L-Y-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Signe graphique inscrit, gravé en creux
- 2Gravure taillée en relief ou ciselée, en particulier représentant un son, un mot ou une idée.
- 3Trait vertical gravé en creux dans un ornement.
- 4Représentation typographique d’un signe ou caractère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glyphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ô stylographe à la plume de platine, que ta course rapide et sans heurt trace sur le papier au dos satiné les glyphes alphabétiques qui transmettront aux hommes aux lunettes étincelantes le récit narcissique d’une double rencontre à la cause autobusilistique.
Qui voudra se charger de nous prouver que les règles posées par Champollion pour déchiffrer les glyphes égyptiens sont immuables ?
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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