Which to use
“glacis” and “grâces” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,786
- “glacis” frequency rank
- #17,441
- “grâces” frequency rank
- 58227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glacis | grâces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Talus, pente douce et unie. | Jeu des grâces. |
Where the eye mixes glacis and grâces
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. glacis and grâces follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: glacis vs grâces
A purely visual mix-up. glacis (\ɡla.si\) and grâces (\ɡʁɑs\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glacis is recorded at frequency rank #40,786, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡla.si\. grâces is at rank #17,441, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\.
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 58227, this pair ranks #110,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glacis vs grâces
Shared letters: cgs. Private to "glacis": ail. Private to "grâces": erâ.
"glacis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "grâces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- glacis ← galcis · gglacis · glaccis · glaciss · glacsi · glaics · glcais · gllacis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glacis" for "grâces" ever safe?
Frequency check: "glacis" vs "grâces" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "glacis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grâces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glacis" and "grâces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glacis vs gracie". 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 #110,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.