gluck
/ɡlʌk/
"gluck" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gluck” is uncommon English (frequency #57,408 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,408
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is emptied through the narrow neck of a bottle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gluck · gluck · English
gluck · rank #57,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,408
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gleeful
Nearest frequency peer: gleeful (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “gluck”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gild
gild
42,596 corpus weight
- glasshouse
glasshouse
42,595 corpus weight
- gleeful
gleeful
42,594 corpus weight
- gluck
gluck
42,593 corpus weight
- goggle
goggle
42,592 corpus weight
- goldfinch
goldfinch
42,591 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gluck” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gluck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡlʌk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gluck” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gluck is uncommon English at frequency #57,408 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡlʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is emptied through the narrow neck of a bottle.".
gluck has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Imitative; compare glug. The correct English form is gluck, spelled G-L-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is emptied through the narrow neck of a bottle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gluck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But so long as the water kept flopping and glucking aside me, I was right.
The little phial glucked out its precious contents.
Etymology
Imitative; compare glug.
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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