# Glenn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡlɛn/ · frequency rank #7,453

## Definitions
1. An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States.
2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Heard County, Georgia, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Illinois, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.
5. A surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Glen.
6. A male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.
7. A female given name transferred from the surname.

## Easily confused with
- **Gwen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-gwen)
- **Gunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-gunn)
- **glyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-glyn)
- **green** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-green)
- **Gwent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-gwent)
- **Glynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-glynn)
- **glens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-glens)
- **glint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-glint)
- **Gwynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-gwynn)
- **gene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gene-vs-glenn)
- **glen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glen-vs-glenn)
- **glee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glee-vs-glenn)
- **gent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gent-vs-glenn)
- **gens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gens-vs-glenn)
- **ginn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ginn-vs-glenn)
- **gland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gland-vs-glenn)
- **gleam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gleam-vs-glenn)
- **Galen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galen-vs-glenn)
- **Ghent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ghent-vs-glenn)
- **glean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glean-vs-glenn)

## Common misspellings (5)
`gelnn`, `gglenn`, `gllenn`, `glnen`, `lgenn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glenn