glazes
/ˈɡleɪzɪz/
"glazes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glazes” is uncommon English (frequency #56,148 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,148
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of glaze
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glazes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡleɪzɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glazes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glazes is uncommon English at frequency #56,148 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡleɪzɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of glaze".
No misspelling variants are generated for glazes in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is glazes, spelled G-L-A-Z-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of glaze
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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Using “glazes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-L-A-Z-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.