gloze
/ɡləʊz/
"gloze" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gloze” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gloze · gloze · English
gloze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gloze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡləʊz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gloze” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gloze is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡləʊz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gloze, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. More at gloss. The correct English form is gloze, spelled G-L-O-Z-E.
Definition
- 1A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
- 2Flattery.
- 3appearance.
- 4A specious show, a deceit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gloze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So we o’ershroud stars and roses, Cherub and trophy and garland. Nothings grow something which quietly closes Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land Gets through our comments and glozes.
1903, Cuthbert Atchley, The Parish Clerk, and his Right to Read the Liturgical Epistle, Alcuin Club Tracts IV, London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 15, The state of practice in the first half of the fifteenth century may be gathered from the gloze of Nicholas de Tudeschis, called Panormitan, on the text Ut quisque which we have quoted above.
Etymology
From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. More at gloss.
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.