gleaming
/ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
"gleaming" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gleaming” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,394
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a bright sheen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gleaming · gleaming · English
gleaming · rank #25,394 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,394
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Giuliani
Nearest frequency peer: Giuliani (-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 “gleaming”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gambit
gambit
74,610 corpus weight
- Giroud
Giroud
74,609 corpus weight
- Giuliani
Giuliani
74,608 corpus weight
- gleaming
gleaming
74,607 corpus weight
- Glock
Glock
74,606 corpus weight
- grille
grille
74,605 corpus weight
What this shows “gleaming” 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 | gleaming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gleaming”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around gleaming (IPA /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,394 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having a bright sheen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gleaming, with forms such as "gelaming", "ggleaming", and "glaeming". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gloating", "gaming", "gearing", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is gleaming, spelled G-L-E-A-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Having a bright sheen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gleaming appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The knight rode into battle with a gleaming sword.
The city skyline looked beautiful under the gleaming lights.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gelaming
- ggleaming
- glaeming
- gleaimng
- gleamign
- gleamingg
- gleaminng
- gleamming
- gleamnig
- glemaing
- glleaming
- lgeaming
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gleaming - 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 "gleaming", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).