glacesvsGlasConfusable pair

Which to use

“glaces” and “Glas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,701
“glaces” frequency rank
#28,969
“Glas” frequency rank
36670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature glaces Glas
Definition Pluriel de glace. Verre, la matière (sans ou avec pluriel, cf. note et exemples).

Same sound, different letters: glaces vs Glas

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

6 ch
glaces
4 ch
Glas

Homophone desk: glaces vs Glas

This is the hard kind. glaces and Glas are pronounced identically (\ɡlas\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36670, 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\. Glas is at rank #28,969, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡlaːs\.

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 36670, this pair ranks #267,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of glaces vs Glas

Shared letters: agls. Private to "glaces": ce. Private to "Glas": -.

"glaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Glas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • glacesgalces · gglaces · glacces · glacess · glacse · glaecs · glcaes · gllaces
  • Glasgals · gglas · gllas · glsa · lgas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "glaces" for "Glas" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɡlas\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "glaces" vs "Glas" - which ranks higher?
"glaces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,701 in our French list, against #28,969 for "Glas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "glaces" / "Glas". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "glaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Glas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "glaces" and "Glas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Glas 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 #267,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list