glazier
/ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)/
"glazier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glazier” is uncommon English (frequency #69,890 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,890
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glazier · glazier · English
glazier · rank #69,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,890
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GMAT
Nearest frequency peer: GMAT (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “glazier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gethsemane
Gethsemane
30,115 corpus weight
- giggly
giggly
30,114 corpus weight
- glazier
glazier
30,111 corpus weight
- GMAT
GMAT
30,109 corpus weight
- goalpost
goalpost
30,108 corpus weight
- Godavari
Godavari
30,107 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “glazier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glazier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glazier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glazier is uncommon English at frequency #69,890 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡleɪzjə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for glazier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glazier, glasier, glasyer, glasiere, variants (due to influence from words in -yer) of Middle English glaser, equivalent to glass + -er. The correct English form is glazier, spelled G-L-A-Z-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who glazes: a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glazier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,” says an old writer—of whose works I possess the only copy extant—“it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wi…
Etymology
From Middle English glazier, glasier, glasyer, glasiere, variants (due to influence from words in -yer) of Middle English glaser, equivalent to glass + -er.
This word in other languages
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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