Which to use
“glacées” and “gravées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,968
- “glacées” frequency rank
- #23,227
- “gravées” frequency rank
- 52195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glacées | gravées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de glacé. | Féminin pluriel de gravé. |
Where the eye mixes glacées and gravées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. glacées and gravées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: glacées vs gravées
A purely visual mix-up. glacées (\ɡla.se\) and gravées (\ɡʁa.ve\) 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 52195, 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\. gravées is at rank #23,227, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.ve\.
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 52195, this pair ranks #149,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glacées vs gravées
Shared letters: aegsé. Private to "glacées": cl. Private to "gravées": rv.
"glacées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "gravées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glacées" for "gravées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "glacées" or "gravées"?
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 "glacées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glacées" and "gravées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glacées vs glacis". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #149,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.