# GL

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,479

## Definitions
1. Initialism of girls' love (“yuri media”).

## Etymology
From Japanese GL(ジーエル) (jīeru), from ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu), from English girls + love.

## Easily confused with
- **go** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-go)
- **GM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gm)
- **GP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gp)
- **GS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gs)
- **GR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gr)
- **GU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gu)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-got)
- **god** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-god)
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-guy)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gun)
- **gym** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gym)
- **GOP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gop)
- **GPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gps)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gut)
- **gum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gum)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gus)
- **GTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gta)
- **GPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-gpa)
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-goo)
- **Goa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gl-vs-goa)

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