# glade

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡleɪd/ · frequency rank #37,941

## Definitions
1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
2. An everglade.
3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
4. A bright surface of ice or snow.
5. A gleam of light.
6. A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.

## Etymology
From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“a gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).

## Easily confused with
- **glue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glue)
- **grad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grad)
- **glee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glee)
- **glam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glam)
- **goad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-goad)
- **glass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glass)
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grade)
- **guide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-guide)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grace)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grave)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-globe)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glove)
- **grape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grape)
- **gland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-gland)
- **glare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glare)
- **glide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glide)
- **glaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-glaze)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grate)
- **Grady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-grady)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glade-vs-graze)

## Common misspellings (7)
`galde`, `gglade`, `gladde`, `glaed`, `gldae`, `gllade`, `lgade`

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