Which to use
“gate” and “glane” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,298
- “gate” frequency rank
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- 68409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gate | glane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonyme de grille, électrode de commande des dispositifs à effet de champ. Cette électrode joue un effet analogue à celle de la grille d'un tube électronique, qui est de restreindre en fonction du potentiel qui lui est appliqué la zone dans laquelle les porteurs de charge peuvent circuler. | Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont liées. |
Where the eye mixes gate and glane
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gate runs 4 letters (CVCV) against glane's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses gate with glane
A purely visual mix-up. gate (\ɡɛt\) and glane (\ɡlan\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gate is recorded at frequency rank #19,298, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɛt\. glane is at rank #49,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡlan\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 68409, this pair ranks #59,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gate vs glane
Shared letters: aeg. Private to "gate": t. Private to "glane": ln.
"gate" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gate" and "glane" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gate" or "glane" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "gate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glane" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gate" and "glane" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glane vs glue". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #59,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.