Which to use
“glandes” and “glands” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,847
- “glandes” frequency rank
- #30,628
- “glands” frequency rank
- 50475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glandes | glands |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de glande. | Pluriel de gland. |
Where the eye mixes glandes and glands
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. glandes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against glands's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses glandes with glands
A purely visual mix-up. glandes (\ɡlɑ̃d\) and glands (\ɡlɑ̃\) 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 50475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glandes is recorded at frequency rank #19,847, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡlɑ̃d\. glands is at rank #30,628, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡlɑ̃\.
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 50475, this pair ranks #162,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glandes vs glands
Shared letters: adglns. Private to "glandes": e. Private to "glands": -.
"glandes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "glands" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glandes" for "glands" ever safe?
Which is more common, "glandes" or "glands"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "glandes" and "glands" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glandes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glands" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glandes" and "glands" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glands vs glane". 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 #162,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.