glaringly
/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/
"glaringly" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glaringly” is uncommon English (frequency #61,495 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,495
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a glaring manner:
Corpus desk
Index EN-glaringly · glaringly · English
glaringly · rank #61,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,495
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gingham
Nearest frequency peer: gingham (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “glaringly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Georgios
Georgios
38,510 corpus weight
- gingham
gingham
38,507 corpus weight
- glaringly
glaringly
38,506 corpus weight
- glitzy
glitzy
38,505 corpus weight
- glycolysis
glycolysis
38,504 corpus weight
- gnarled
gnarled
38,503 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “glaringly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glaringly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glaringly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glaringly is uncommon English at frequency #61,495 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for glaringly in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From glaring + -ly. The correct English form is glaringly, spelled G-L-A-R-I-N-G-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a glaring manner:
- 2In a glaring manner:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glaringly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […]
The ground was covered with snow, glaringly white even under that pinpoint Sun.
Etymology
From glaring + -ly.
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.
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