glories
/ˈɡlɔːɹiz/
"glories" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glories” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,900
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of glory
Corpus desk
Index EN-glories · glories · English
glories · rank #34,900 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,900
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH fulltime
Nearest frequency peer: fulltime (-3 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “glories”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Fuentes
Fuentes
65,106 corpus weight
- Fulbright
Fulbright
65,105 corpus weight
- fulltime
fulltime
65,104 corpus weight
- glories
glories
65,101 corpus weight
- greys
greys
65,097 corpus weight
- gul
gul
65,096 corpus weight
What this shows “glories” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glories |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɔːɹiz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “glories”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around glories (IPA /ˈɡlɔːɹiz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,900 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of glory".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for glories, with forms such as "gglories", "gllories", and "gloires". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gloves", "glorify", "glorious", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is glories, spelled G-L-O-R-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of glory
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glories appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglories
- gllories
- gloires
- gloreis
- gloriess
- glorise
- glorries
- glroies
- golries
- lgories
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glories - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).