# glazed vs glued

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### glazed
*adjective · IPA /ɡleɪzd/ · frequency rank #18,571*
Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.

### glued
*verb · IPA /ɡluːd/ · frequency rank #16,926*
simple past and past participle of glue

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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