Which to use
“glane” and “grange” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,111
- “glane” frequency rank
- #10,169
- “grange” frequency rank
- 59280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | glane | grange |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Bâtiment attenant à la ferme, entrepôt pour le foin, la paille ou le matériel agricole. |
Where the eye mixes glane and grange
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. glane runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against grange's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: glane vs grange
A purely visual mix-up. glane (\ɡlan\) and grange (\ɡʁɑ̃ʒ\) 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 59280, 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\. grange is at rank #10,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃ʒ\.
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 59280, this pair ranks #104,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of glane vs grange
Shared letters: aegn. Private to "glane": l. Private to "grange": r.
"glane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "grange" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "glane" for "grange" ever safe?
Frequency check: "glane" vs "grange" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "glane" and "grange" 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 "grange" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "glane" and "grange" 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 #104,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.