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“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.

5 ch
glane
6 ch
grange

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

  • glane ← galne · gglane · glaen · glanne · gllane · glnae · lgane
  • grange ← garnge · ggrange · gragne · graneg · grangge · grannge · grnage · grrange

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "glane" for "grange" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɡlan\ versus \ɡʁɑ̃ʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "glane" vs "grange" - which ranks higher?
"grange" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,169 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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list