# glades vs Gladys

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### glades
*noun · IPA /ɡleɪdz/ · frequency rank #45,399*
plural of glade

### Gladys
*name · IPA /ˈɡlædɪs/ · frequency rank #21,226*
A female given name from Welsh.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glades-vs-gladys