# glaring

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #19,351

## Definitions
1. Reflecting with glare.
2. Blatant, obvious.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, glare + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **glowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-glowing)
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-grazing)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-grading)
- **gliding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-gliding)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-grating)
- **glazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-glazing)
- **gnawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-gnawing)
- **guarding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-guarding)
- **gleaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-gleaming)
- **gloating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glaring-vs-gloating)
- **gaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaming-vs-glaring)
- **gazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gazing-vs-glaring)
- **gaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaping-vs-glaring)
- **gating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gating-vs-glaring)
- **gearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gearing-vs-glaring)
- **glancing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glancing-vs-glaring)

## Common misspellings (11)
`galring`, `gglaring`, `glairng`, `glarign`, `glaringg`, `glarinng`, `glarnig`, `glarring`, `gllaring`, `glraing`, `lgaring`

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