glair
/ɡlɛə(ɹ)/
"glair" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glair” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glair · glair · English
glair · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glair” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glair is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for glair in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”). The correct English form is glair, spelled G-L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
- 2Any viscous, slimy substance.
- 3A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.
Some rain fell during the past few days but had little effect on the river which remains very low and full of glair.
Etymology
From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.