verglacer
\vɛʁ.ɡla.se\
The verdict
“verglacer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour l’eau, devenir du verglas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verglacer · verglacer · French
verglacer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | verglacer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.ɡla.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verglacer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verglacer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \vɛʁ.ɡla.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verglacer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is verglacer, spelled V-E-R-G-L-A-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pour l’eau, devenir du verglas.
- 2Se couvrir de verglas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verglacer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Voici les diamants du ciel, commenta Solstice en faisant mine de saisir des flocons à la volée. — Je n’aime pas la neige, dis-je mutine dans le seul but de le contrarier. Elle est froide, on glisse lorsqu’elle verglace. Le garçon se tourna vers moi, avec ce sourire espiègle qui contrastait avec la sagesse de son regard marine.
La route est noire et dégagée, ce qui nous change de l’Angleterre, où l’on attendrait juste qu’elle verglace puis qu’elle finisse par fondre, tout en n’allant pas au travail et en se plaignant de l’incompétence des services publics.
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.