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“glaces” and “glaçons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,701
- “glaces” frequency rank
- #21,636
- “glaçons” frequency rank
- 29337
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glaces | glaçons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de glace. | Pluriel de glaçon. |
Where the eye mixes glaces and glaçons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. glaces runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against glaçons's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: glaces vs glaçons
A purely visual mix-up. glaces (\ɡlas\) and glaçons (\ɡla.sɔ̃\) 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 29337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glaces is recorded at frequency rank #7,701, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡlas\. glaçons is at rank #21,636, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡla.sɔ̃\.
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 29337, this pair ranks #317,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glaces vs glaçons
Shared letters: agls. Private to "glaces": ce. Private to "glaçons": noç.
"glaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "glaçons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- glaces ← galces · gglaces · glacces · glacess · glacse · glaecs · glcaes · gllaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "glaces" and "glaçons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "glaces" or "glaçons" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "glaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glaçons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #317,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glaces" and "glaçons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glaçant vs glaçons". 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 #317,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.