Which to use
“glane” and “Glas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- #28,969
- “Glas” frequency rank
- 78080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glane | Glas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poignée d’épis que l’on ramasse dans le champ après que la moisson en a été emportée, ou que les gerbes sont liées. | Verre, la matière (sans ou avec pluriel, cf. note et exemples). |
Where the eye mixes glane and Glas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between glane and Glas
A purely visual mix-up. glane (\ɡlan\) and Glas (\ˈɡlaːs\) 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 78080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
glane is recorded at frequency rank #49,111, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡlan\. Glas is at rank #28,969, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡlaːs\.
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 78080, this pair ranks #26,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glane vs Glas
Shared letters: agl. Private to "glane": en. Private to "Glas": s.
"glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Glas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "glane" and "Glas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "glane" vs "Glas" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "glane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Glas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glane" and "Glas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "glane vs glue". 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 #26,676 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.