# glare

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡlɛɚ/ · frequency rank #18,088

## Definitions
1. An intense, blinding light.
2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. An angry or fierce stare.
4. A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

## Etymology
From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

## Easily confused with
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-gre)
- **glue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glue)
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-gore)
- **glee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glee)
- **glass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glass)
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-grade)
- **guard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-guard)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-grace)
- **glory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glory)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-grave)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-globe)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glove)
- **grape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-grape)
- **glide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glide)
- **glaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glaze)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-grate)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-graze)
- **glebe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glebe)
- **glazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glazed)
- **glazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glare-vs-glazer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`galre`, `gglare`, `glaer`, `glarre`, `gllare`, `glrae`, `lgare`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glare