glazed
/ɡleɪzd/adjective, noun, verb
glazed is spelled G-L-A-Z-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, glazed means “Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in glazed?
| Letters | 6: G-L-A-Z-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glazed?
Glazed appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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).
How do you pronounce glazed?
- /ɡleɪzd/
Glazed has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-glazed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glazed
- glazeds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glazed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
Near-synonyms: glassy-eyed, glassy
- 2
Having a glaze (a coating).
a glazed ham
- 3
Having glass in the windows.
a shelter at the bus stop with glazed sides and rear
noun
- 1
UScolloquialA glazed donut, one with a coating such as sugar or chocolate.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of glaze
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glazed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense showing no liveliness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | vidrado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.