Which to use
“glaçon” and “glaçons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,863
- “glaçon” frequency rank
- #21,636
- “glaçons” frequency rank
- 58499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glaçon | glaçons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau de glace. | Pluriel de glaçon. |
Same sound, different letters: glaçon vs glaçons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. glaçon 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.
Ear matches; page differs - glaçon and glaçons
This is the hard kind. glaçon and glaçons are pronounced identically (\ɡla.sɔ̃\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “glaçon” sits inside “glaçons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glaçon is recorded at frequency rank #36,863, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡla.sɔ̃\. 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 58499, this pair ranks #108,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glaçon vs glaçons
Shared letters: aglnoç. Private to "glaçon": -. Private to "glaçons": s.
"glaçon" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "glaçons" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "glaçon" and "glaçons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "glaçon" or "glaçons" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "glaçon" 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 #108,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glaçon" and "glaçons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glaçon vs glycol". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #108,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.