glamour
/ˈɡlæmə/noun, verb
glamour is spelled G-L-A-M-O-U-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “glamor vs glamour” about 480 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, glamour means “Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glamour is glamours.
How many letters and syllables are in glamour?
| Letters | 7: G-L-A-M-O-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is glamour?
Glamour appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glamour?
- UK /ˈɡlæmə/
- British /ˈɡlamə/
- /ˈɡlaməɾ/
Glamour has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glamour.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-glamour.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with glamour
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: glamor.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with glamour?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as glamour from its last stressed vowel (/æmə/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of glamour
- glamours plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- glamor US
- glamouring participle, present
- glamoured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glamour mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem beauteous.
- 2
Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
glamour magazines; a glamour model
- 3
Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
The idea of being a movie star has lost its glamour for me.
- 4
Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
- 5
A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
- 6
An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
- 7
slangA beautiful woman.
verb
- 1
To enchant; to bewitch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glamour in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense beauty or charm:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | charme |
| German | Glamour, betörender Glanz |
| Portuguese | glamour, elegância, encanto |
| Spanish | glamur, glamour |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glamour come from?
Borrowed from Scots glamour (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramere (“grammar”), from Old French gramaire. Doublet of glamoury, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire. A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (“the moon", also "the name of a ghost”, poetic byname, literally “the pale one”) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).