glassine
noun
glassine is spelled G-L-A-S-S-I-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glassine means “A light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glassine is glassines.
How many letters and syllables are in glassine?
| Letters | 8: G-L-A-S-S-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is glassine?
Glassine appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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).
Forms of glassine
- glassines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glassine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages.
- 2
Smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, supercalendered paper.
- 3
A small stamp packet made from glassine paper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does glassine come from?
From glass + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).