Which to use
“glane” and “glass” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- #17,964
- “glass” frequency rank
- 67075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glane | glass |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Where the eye mixes glane and glass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. glane (CCVCV) and glass (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between glane and glass
A purely visual mix-up. glane (\ɡlan\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67075, 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\. 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 67075, this pair ranks #65,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glane vs glass
Shared letters: agl. Private to "glane": en. Private to "glass": s.
"glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "glass" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glane" for "glass" ever safe?
Frequency check: "glane" vs "glass" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "glane" 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 #65,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glane" and "glass" 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 #65,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.