glister
/ˈɡlɪstɚ/noun
glister is spelled G-L-I-S-T-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glister means “A brilliant flash; a glint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glister is glisters.
How many letters and syllables are in glister?
| Letters | 7: G-L-I-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is glister?
Glister appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 glister?
- /ˈɡlɪstɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-glister.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with glister?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as glister.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gristle.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of glister
- glisters present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- glistering participle, present
- glistered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glister mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A brilliant flash; a glint.
- 2
Alternative form of clyster.
verb
- 1
archaicTo gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glister in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to gleam, glisten, or coruscate:
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 glister come from?
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).