glanders
"glanders" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glanders” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glanders · glanders · English
glanders · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | glanders |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glanders” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glanders is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for glanders, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. The correct English form is glanders, spelled G-L-A-N-D-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glanders appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell): What is it? / William Crandall (Dylan Baker): It's Burkholderia mallei. Causes a disease called glanders. / Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys): The innoculation we got was against a kind of meningitis. / William: This is to meningitis what bubonic plague is to a runny nose.
Etymology
From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula.
Synonyms
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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.