glasses
/ˈɡlɑːsɪz/
"glasses" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glasses” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,021
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of glass
Corpus desk
Index EN-glasses · glasses · English
glasses · rank #4,021 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,021
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH genetic
Nearest frequency peer: genetic (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “glasses”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flood
flood
95,983 corpus weight
- genetic
genetic
95,981 corpus weight
- glasses
glasses
95,980 corpus weight
- impressed
impressed
95,979 corpus weight
- indicated
indicated
95,978 corpus weight
- instant
instant
95,977 corpus weight
What this shows “glasses” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glasses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “glasses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around glasses (IPA /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,021 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of glass".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for glasses, with forms such as "galsses", "gglasses", and "glases". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "glassy", "grasse", "guesses", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is glasses, spelled G-L-A-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of glass
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glasses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ladies are usually conveyed about Calcutta, or any where for short distances, in a kind of palanquin, called a boҫhah... Its deep shape, and its seat, much resemble the [English sedan chair]; but having two doors, one on each side, with one window in front, as well as a small one behind, all furnished with Venetians and glasses, give it, in those respects…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galsses
- gglasses
- glases
- glasess
- glassess
- glassse
- gllasses
- glsases
- lgasses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glasses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glasses", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).