Which to use
“gaze” and “glane” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,079
- “gaze” frequency rank
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- 76190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gaze | glane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étoffe légère et transparente, faite de soie ou de fil d’or, ou d’argent. | 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 gaze and glane
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gaze 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 gaze with glane
A purely visual mix-up. gaze (\ɡaz\) 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 76190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gaze is recorded at frequency rank #27,079, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡaz\. 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 76190, this pair ranks #31,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gaze vs glane
Shared letters: aeg. Private to "gaze": z. Private to "glane": ln.
"gaze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gaze" for "glane" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gaze" vs "glane" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gaze" and "glane" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gaze" 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 #31,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gaze" 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 #31,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.