Which to use
“glaces” is a noun and “gradés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,701
- “glaces” frequency rank
- #32,835
- “gradés” frequency rank
- 40536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glaces | gradés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de glace. | Masculin pluriel de gradé. |
Where the eye mixes glaces and gradés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: glaces vs gradés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: glaces is \ɡlas\ while gradés is \ɡʁa.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40536, 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\. gradés is at rank #32,835, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.de\.
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 40536, this pair ranks #239,762 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glaces vs gradés
Shared letters: ags. Private to "glaces": cel. Private to "gradés": dré.
"glaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "gradés" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- glaces ← galces · gglaces · glacces · glacess · glacse · glaecs · glcaes · gllaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "glaces" and "gradés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "glaces" or "gradés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "glaces" and "gradés" 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 "gradés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,762 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glaces" and "gradés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gradés vs gradué". 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 #239,762 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.