Glueing or gluing?
glueing is the present participle and gerund of glue; alternative spelling of gluing. gluing is also a noun: “The act of attaching something with glue”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) gluing is about 7.2 times as common as glueing.
What is the difference between glueing and gluing?
| glueing | gluing | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | present participle and gerund of glue; alternative spelling of gluing Alternative form of gluing | The act of attaching something with glue A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | gluings |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: glueing and gluing in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of glueing and gluing
glueing
- 1
Alternative form of gluing
gluing
- 1
The act of attaching something with glue
- 2
A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines
- 3
Any of various processes for producing some structure (e.g. a sheaf or scheme) by combining smaller structures that are in some way compatible with each other
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, glueing or gluing?
glueing appears about once in every 19 million words; gluing about once in every 3 million words.
glueing about once in every 19 million wordsgluing about once in every 3 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search glueing vs gluing?
“glueing vs gluing” is searched about 20 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“gluing vs glueing”, “glueing or gluing”).
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