glove box
"glove-box" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glove box” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glove-box · glove box · English
glove box · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glove box |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glove box” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glove box is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
glove box doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From glove + box. The correct English form is glove box, spelled G-L-O-V-E- -B-O-X.
Definition
- 1A small compartment with a door on the dashboard of a car, usually on passenger side, used to store (and sometimes lock) items.
- 2A plastic box or similar enclosure containing a controlled environment, with rubber gloves fastened around holes in the front of the box through which a person can manipulate things in the box without introducing outside contamination; an isolator.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glove box appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There's a map in the glovebox.
So I went for the shotgun in the Hilux, but could only find one rat-shot shell in the glove box.
Etymology
From glove + box.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.