sonner le glas
\sɔ.ne lə ɡlɑ\
The verdict
“sonner le glas” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Annoncer ou causer la fin de quelque chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonner le glas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɔ.ne lə ɡlɑ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sonner le glas” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sonner le glas is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔ.ne lə ɡlɑ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Annoncer ou causer la fin de quelque chose.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sonner le glas, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sonner le glas, spelled S-O-N-N-E-R- -L-E- -G-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Annoncer ou causer la fin de quelque chose.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “sonner le glas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-O-N-N-E-R- -L-E- -G-L-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɔ.ne lə ɡlɑ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.