Which to use
“glace” and “glane” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,954
- “glace” frequency rank
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- 51065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glace | glane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ou Eau à l’état solide. | 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 glace and glane
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: glace vs glane
A purely visual mix-up. glace (\ɡlas\) 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 a single letter - c in “glace” becomes n in “glane”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glace is recorded at frequency rank #1,954, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡlas\. 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 51065, this pair ranks #157,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glace vs glane
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "glace": c. Private to "glane": n.
"glace" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glace" for "glane" ever safe?
Which is more common, "glace" or "glane"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "glace" 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 #157,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glace" 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 #157,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.