glazing
/ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/noun, verb
glazing is spelled G-L-A-Z-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glazing means “The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glazing is glazings.
How many letters and syllables are in glazing?
| Letters | 7: G-L-A-Z-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 glazing?
Glazing appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 glazing?
- /ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/
Glazing has 2 syllables (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).
Forms of glazing
- glazings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glazing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
- 2
The material used in such act or process; glaze.
Before new glazier's putty can be applied, the various bits of old glazing must be scraped off.
- 3
The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.
- 4
All the windows of a building.
- 5
The art of covering with a vitreous substance.
- 6
Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of glaze
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glazing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense part of a window:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vitrage |
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.
Where does glazing come from?
Inherited from Middle English glasynge; equivalent to glaze + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).