glamour

/ˈɡlæmə/

//ˈɡlæmə// noun

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"glamour" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“glamour” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,765
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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 ...

Corpus desk

Index EN-glamour · glamour · English

glamour · rank #14,765 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,765
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH getaway

Nearest frequency peer: getaway (-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 “glamour”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “glamour” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

glamour vs Gilmour
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for glamour
PropertyValue
Headwordglamour
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡlæmə/
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,765
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “glamour”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).glamourlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “getaway” (#14,764), “Georgian” (#14,763), “Humphrey” (#14,768). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “glamour” is #14,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around glamour (IPA /ˈɡlæmə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,765 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for glamour, with forms such as "galmour", "gglamour", and "glammour". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Gilmour", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: 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… The correct English form is glamour, spelled G-L-A-M-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 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. 2
    Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
  3. 3
    Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
  4. 4
    Any artificial interest in, or association with, objects, or persons, through which they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  5. 5
    A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  6. 6
    An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
  7. 7
    A beautiful woman.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how glamour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They often murmur to themselves, they speak To one another seldom, for their woe Broods maddening inwardly and scorns to wreak Itself abroad; and if at whiles it grow To frenzy which must rave, none heeds the clamour, Unless there waits some victim of like glamour, To rave in turn, who lends attentive show.
  2. glamour magazines; a glamour model

Etymology

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”). From Grettir's Saga aka Grettis Saga, one of the Sagas of Icelanders, after the hero has been cursed by Glam, aka Glamr: "...he was become so fearsome a man in the dark, that he durst go nowhither alone after nightfall, for then he seemed to see all kinds of horrors. And that has fallen since into a proverb, that "Glam lends eyes", or gives Glamsight to those who see things nowise as they are."

This word in other languages

fascinación(Español)charme(Français)Glamour(Deutsch)glamour(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • galmour
  • gglamour
  • glammour
  • glamoru
  • glamourr
  • glamuor
  • glaomur
  • gllamour
  • glmaour
  • lgamour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glamour - 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.

galmour2gglamour1glammour1glamoru2glamourr1glamuor2glaomur2gllamour1
Edit distance from "glamour"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glamour"?
"glamour" is spelled G-L-A-M-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡlæmə/.
What does "glamour" mean?
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 to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seem ...
What words are commonly confused with "glamour"?
"glamour" is commonly confused with "Gilmour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glamour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glamour" is /ˈɡlæmə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "glamour"?
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 "t... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glamour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Georgian10 variantsLaurent10 variantsdoorway10 variantsmodular10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list