Which to use
“glane” and “grâce” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- #417
- “grâce” frequency rank
- 49528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glane | grâce |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Ce qui plaît dans les attitudes, les manières, les discours : Un certain agrément, un certain charme indéfinissable. |
Where the eye mixes glane and grâce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses glane with grâce
A purely visual mix-up. glane (\ɡlan\) and grâce (\ɡʁɑs\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49528, 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\. grâce is at rank #417, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑs\.
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 49528, this pair ranks #169,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of glane vs grâce
Shared letters: eg. Private to "glane": aln. Private to "grâce": crâ.
"glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grâce" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- glane ← galne · gglane · glaen · glanne · gllane · glnae · lgane
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "glane" and "grâce" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "glane" or "grâce" show up more?
What to do next
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 "grâce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glane" and "grâce" 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 #169,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.