Gladys
/ˈɡlædɪs/
"gladys" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gladys” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,226
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Welsh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gladys · Gladys · English
Gladys · rank #21,226 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,226
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gladstone
Nearest frequency peer: Gladstone (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Gladys”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Gardiner
Gardiner
78,779 corpus weight
- Gladstone
Gladstone
78,776 corpus weight
- Gladys
Gladys
78,775 corpus weight
- GmbH
GmbH
78,774 corpus weight
- Gracie
Gracie
78,772 corpus weight
- grassy
grassy
78,771 corpus weight
What this shows “Gladys” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gladys |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlædɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Gladys”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gladys (IPA /ˈɡlædɪs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,226 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Welsh.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gladys, with forms such as "galdys", "ggladys", and "gladdys". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "glass", "Grady", "grays", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized from Welsh Gwladus, of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with gwlad (“country”). The correct English form is Gladys, spelled G-L-A-D-Y-S.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Welsh.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gladys appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gladys was the eldest daughter of the house, and when her parents had chosen her name – a name which they considered emblematic of happiness, in spite of certain questionings that had arisen among the name fanciers on the subject – it would seem that some unseen fairy godmother had really bestowed that best of all gifts on their child, for Gladys was the…
Anthony continued the prophecy: "Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls -"
Etymology
Anglicized from Welsh Gwladus, of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with gwlad (“country”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galdys
- ggladys
- gladdys
- gladsy
- gladyss
- gladyys
- glayds
- gldays
- glladys
- lgadys
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gladys - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gladys", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).