Which to use
“glace” and “grâce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,954
- “glace” frequency rank
- #417
- “grâce” frequency rank
- 2371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glace | grâce |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ou Eau à l’état solide. | Ce qui plaît dans les attitudes, les manières, les discours : Un certain agrément, un certain charme indéfinissable. |
Where the eye mixes glace and grâce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between glace and grâce
A purely visual mix-up. glace (\ɡlas\) and grâce (\ɡʁɑs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2371, 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\. grâce is at rank #417, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\.
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 2371, this pair ranks #436,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of glace vs grâce
Shared letters: ceg. Private to "glace": al. Private to "grâce": râ.
"glace" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grâce" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- glace ← galce · gglace · glacce · glaec · glcae · gllace · lgace
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glace" for "grâce" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "glace" or "grâce" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "glace" and "grâce" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grâce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glace" and "grâce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glace 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 #436,261 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.