gleet
/ɡliːt/
"gleet" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gleet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gleet · gleet · English
gleet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gleet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡliːt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gleet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gleet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡliːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gleet, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Old French glette. The correct English form is gleet, spelled G-L-E-E-T.
Definition
- 1Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
- 2Any slimy, viscous substance.
- 3A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gleet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There was this Estella, a real drab, being given syph and gon and gleet by Augustus John, and Tommy has her living with him in that place of his in Earl’s Court and going to a doctor, nothing wrong with her actually but there might well have been, and he never touches her, you know.
Etymology
Old French glette.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.