Which to use
“glands” and “glass” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,628
- “glands” frequency rank
- #17,964
- “glass” frequency rank
- 48592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glands | glass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de gland. | Verre. |
Where the eye mixes glands and glass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. glands runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against glass's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: glands vs glass
A purely visual mix-up. glands (\ɡlɑ̃\) and glass (\ɡlas\) 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 48592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glands is recorded at frequency rank #30,628, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡlɑ̃\. glass is at rank #17,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡlas\.
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 48592, this pair ranks #177,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glands vs glass
Shared letters: agls. Private to "glands": dn. Private to "glass": -.
"glands" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "glass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glands" for "glass" ever safe?
Which is more common, "glands" or "glass"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "glands" and "glass" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "glands" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "glass" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glands" and "glass" 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 #177,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.