glacéesvsglacesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: glacées is a adjective, glaces is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“glacées” is an adjective and “glaces” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,968
“glacées” frequency rank
#7,701
“glaces” frequency rank
36669
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature glacées glaces
Definition Féminin pluriel de glacé. Pluriel de glace.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set glacées and glaces apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
glacées
6 ch
glaces

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: glacées is \ɡla.se\ while glaces is \ɡlas\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

glacées is recorded at frequency rank #28,968, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡla.se\. glaces is at rank #7,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡlas\.

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 36669, this pair ranks #267,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of glacées vs glaces

Shared letters: acegls. Private to "glacées": é. Private to "glaces": -.

"glacées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "glaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • glacesgalces · gglaces · glacces · glacess · glacse · glaecs · glcaes · gllaces

Frequency comparison

glacées#28,968
glaces#7,701

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "glacées" and "glaces" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "glacées" is an adjective and "glaces" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "glacées" or "glaces"?
"glaces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,701 in our French list, against #28,968 for "glacées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering glacées vs glaces

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “glacées”; for a noun, it's “glaces”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “glacées” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list