# glowed vs glued

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### glowed
*verb · IPA /ɡləʊd/ · frequency rank #45,401*
simple past and past participle of glow

### 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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