glutton
/ˈɡlʌtn̩/
"glutton" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glutton” is uncommon English (frequency #56,149 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,149
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glutton · glutton · English
glutton · rank #56,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,149
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glazes
Nearest frequency peer: glazes (-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 “glutton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gazillion
gazillion
43,858 corpus weight
- glazes
glazes
43,853 corpus weight
- glutton
glutton
43,852 corpus weight
- goner
goner
43,849 corpus weight
- Gorky
Gorky
43,847 corpus weight
- grantee
grantee
43,846 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “glutton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “glutton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glutton is uncommon English at frequency #56,149 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡlʌtn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glutton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
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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