glazed
/ɡleɪzd/
"glazed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glazed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,571
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glazed · glazed · English
glazed · rank #18,571 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,571
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gilmore
Nearest frequency peer: Gilmore (-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 “glazed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Gerrard
Gerrard
81,432 corpus weight
- Gilmore
Gilmore
81,431 corpus weight
- glazed
glazed
81,430 corpus weight
- Griffiths
Griffiths
81,428 corpus weight
- hardwood
hardwood
81,427 corpus weight
- Hendrix
Hendrix
81,426 corpus weight
What this shows “glazed” 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 | glazed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡleɪzd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “glazed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around glazed (IPA /ɡleɪzd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,571 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for glazed, with forms such as "galzed", "gglazed", and "glaezd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "glued", "graze", "graded", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is glazed, spelled G-L-A-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
- 2Having a glaze (a coating).
- 3Having glass in the windows.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glazed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: glassy-eyed, glassy
Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galzed
- gglazed
- glaezd
- glazde
- glazedd
- glazzed
- gllazed
- glzaed
- lgazed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glazed - 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 "glazed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).