gleams
/ɡliːmz/
"gleams" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gleams” is uncommon English (frequency #81,364 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,364
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of gleam
Corpus desk
Index EN-gleams · gleams · English
gleams · rank #81,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,364
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH goji
Nearest frequency peer: goji (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gleams”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gaw
Gaw
18,645 corpus weight
- Gershom
Gershom
18,642 corpus weight
- gleams
gleams
18,637 corpus weight
- goji
goji
18,635 corpus weight
- Gorey
Gorey
18,633 corpus weight
- granulation
granulation
18,629 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gleams” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gleams |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡliːmz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gleams” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gleams is uncommon English at frequency #81,364 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡliːmz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of gleam".
gleams has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is gleams, spelled G-L-E-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1plural of gleam
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.