glanevsgoneWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“glane” and “gone” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,111
“glane” frequency rank
#26,383
“gone” frequency rank
75494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature glane gone
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. Enfant, gosse.

Where the eye mixes glane and gone

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
glane
4 ch
gone

Visual trap between glane and gone

A purely visual mix-up. glane (\ɡlan\) and gone (\ɡɔn\) 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 75494, 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\. gone is at rank #26,383, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔn\.

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 75494, this pair ranks #33,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of glane vs gone

Shared letters: egn. Private to "glane": al. Private to "gone": o.

"glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "gone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • glanegalne · gglane · glaen · glanne · gllane · glnae · lgane
  • goneggone · gnoe · goen · gonne · ogne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "glane" and "gone" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɡlan\ versus \ɡɔn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "glane" vs "gone" - which ranks higher?
"gone" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,383 in our French list, against #49,111 for "glane". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "glane" and "gone" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "glane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "glane" and "gone" 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 #33,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list