thé glacé

\te ɡla.se\

/\te ɡla.se\/ noun

The verdict

“thé glacé” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boisson rafraichissante constituée de thé froid, non gazeuse, sans lait ni alcool.

Key facts for thé glacé
PropertyValue
Headwordthé glacé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te ɡla.se\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “thé glacé” sits in French frequency

thé glacé falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for thé glacé is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \te ɡla.se\. 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: "Boisson rafraichissante constituée de thé froid, non gazeuse, sans lait ni alcool.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for thé glacé in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is thé glacé, spelled T-H-É- -G-L-A-C-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boisson rafraichissante constituée de thé froid, non gazeuse, sans lait ni alcool.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thé glacé"?
"thé glacé" is spelled T-H-É- -G-L-A-C-É. The IPA pronunciation is \te ɡla.se\.
What does "thé glacé" mean?
As a noun, "thé glacé" means: Boisson rafraichissante constituée de thé froid, non gazeuse, sans lait ni alcool.
How do you pronounce "thé glacé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thé glacé" is \te ɡla.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thé glacé" come from?
"thé glacé" 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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Using “thé glacé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-H-É- -G-L-A-C-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \te ɡla.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list