période glaciaire
\pe.ʁjɔd ɡla.sjɛʁ\
The verdict
“période glaciaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intervalle de temps au cours duquel les calottes glaciaires s’étendaient sur des surfaces plus vastes qu’actuellement, souvent associé à une baisse globale des températures.
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Index FR-periode-glaciaire · période glaciaire · French
période glaciaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | période glaciaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁjɔd ɡla.sjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
période glaciaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ʁjɔd ɡla.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intervalle de temps au cours duquel les calottes glaciaires s’étendaient sur des surfaces plus vastes qu’actuellement, souvent associé à une baisse globale des températures.".
No misspelling variants are generated for période glaciaire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is période glaciaire, spelled P-É-R-I-O-D-E- -G-L-A-C-I-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Intervalle de temps au cours duquel les calottes glaciaires s’étendaient sur des surfaces plus vastes qu’actuellement, souvent associé à une baisse globale des températures.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.