glans
/ɡlænz/noun
glans is spelled G-L-A-N-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glans means “Ellipsis of glans penis or penile glans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glans is glandes.
How many letters and syllables are in glans?
| Letters | 5: G-L-A-N-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is glans?
Glans appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 glans?
- /ɡlænz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glans.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with glans?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as glans.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: slang.
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 glans
- glandes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glans mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of glans penis or penile glans.
- 2
Ellipsis of glans clitoridis or clitoral glans.
- 3
The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
- 4
Synonym of goiter.
- 5
Synonym of pessary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glans in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris:
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 glans come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin glāns (“acorn”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).