# Glock

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,395

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
The handgun is named after Austrian engineer Gaston Glock (1929–2023).

## Easily confused with
- **glow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-glow)
- **glory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-glory)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-glove)
- **gloss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-gloss)
- **gloom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-gloom)
- **glows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-glows)
- **gooch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-gooch)
- **gronk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glock-vs-gronk)
- **GLO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glo-vs-glock)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/globe-vs-glock)
- **gloat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glock)
- **Glick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glick-vs-glock)

## Common misspellings (8)
`gglock`, `glcok`, `gllock`, `glocck`, `glockk`, `glokc`, `golck`, `lgock`

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