glitters
/ˈɡlɪtɚz/
"glitters" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glitters” is uncommon English (frequency #50,535 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,535
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of glitter
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glitters |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɪtɚz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glitters” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glitters is uncommon English at frequency #50,535 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɡlɪtɚz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of glitter".
No misspelling variants are generated for glitters in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is glitters, spelled G-L-I-T-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of glitter
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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Using “glitters”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-L-I-T-T-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.