Glamis
/ˈɡlɑːmz/
"glamis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Glamis” is uncommon English (frequency #88,382 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,382
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small village in Angus council area, Scotland, the location of Glamis Castle (OS grid ref NO3846).
Corpus desk
Index EN-glamis · Glamis · English
Glamis · rank #88,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,382
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gion
Nearest frequency peer: Gion (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Glamis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- giftedness
giftedness
11,621 corpus weight
- Gion
Gion
11,620 corpus weight
- Glamis
Glamis
11,619 corpus weight
- gleamed
gleamed
11,618 corpus weight
- Glenlivet
Glenlivet
11,617 corpus weight
- Glenrothes
Glenrothes
11,616 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Glamis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glamis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɑːmz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Glamis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Glamis is uncommon English at frequency #88,382 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɡlɑːmz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small village in Angus council area, Scotland, the location of Glamis Castle (OS grid ref NO3846).".
Glamis has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Glamis, spelled G-L-A-M-I-S.
Definition
- 1A small village in Angus council area, Scotland, the location of Glamis Castle (OS grid ref NO3846).
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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