glutton
/ˈɡlʌtn̩/
"glutton" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glutton” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,149 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,149
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glutton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡlʌtn̩/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glutton” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for glutton is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡlʌtn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,149 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.".
glutton has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”). The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popul… The correct English form is glutton, spelled G-L-U-T-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
Etymology
From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”). The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
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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Using “glutton”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-L-U-T-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.