Which to use
“glaces” and “glane” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,701
- “glaces” frequency rank
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- 56812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glaces | glane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de glace. | 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 glaces and glane
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: glaces vs glane
A purely visual mix-up. glaces (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56812, 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\. 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 56812, this pair ranks #118,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glaces vs glane
Shared letters: aegl. Private to "glaces": cs. Private to "glane": n.
"glaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "glaces" and "glane" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "glaces" vs "glane" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "glaces" and "glane" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glaces" 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 #118,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glaces" 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 #118,755 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.