glory

/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/

//ˈɡlɔː.ɹi// noun

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"glory" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“glory” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,884
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Great beauty and splendor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-glory · glory · English

glory · rank #3,884 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,884
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gene

Nearest frequency peer: gene (-1 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 “glory”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “glory” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

glory vs gor
60% similar
glory vs glow
60% similar
glory vs gore
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for glory
PropertyValue
Headwordglory
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,884
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “glory”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).glorylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “gene” (#3,883), “headquarters” (#3,885), “gaming” (#3,882). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “glory” is #3,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around glory (IPA /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,884 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for glory, with forms such as "gglory", "gllory", and "glorry". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gor", "glow", "gore", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor. The correct English form is glory, spelled G-L-O-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Great beauty and splendor.
  2. 2
    Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
  3. 3
    That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
  4. 4
    Worship or praise.
  5. 5
    An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
  6. 6
    Victory; success.
  7. 7
    An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
  8. 8
    The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
  9. 9
    Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
  10. 10
    Something glorious.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how glory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
  2. One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

Etymology

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.

Synonyms

halopraiseworshipfamehonorhonour

This word in other languages

gloria(Español)gloire(Français)Pracht(Deutsch)glória(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gglory
  • gllory
  • glorry
  • gloryy
  • gloyr
  • glroy
  • golry
  • lgory

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glory - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gglory1gllory1glorry1gloryy1gloyr2glroy2golry2lgory2
Edit distance from "glory"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glory"?
"glory" is spelled G-L-O-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/.
What does "glory" mean?
As a noun, "glory" means: Great beauty and splendor.
What words are commonly confused with "glory"?
"glory" is commonly confused with "gor", "glow", "gore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glory"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glory" is /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "glory"?
From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glory", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list