elt
verb, noun
elt is spelled E-L-T: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, elt means “To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in elt?
| Letters | 3: E-L-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is elt?
Elt appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with elt?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as elt.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: let, tel.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of elt
- elts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- elting participle, present
- elted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
ScotlandUKTo injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
Du's eltin dat creature to death, boy!?
- 2
ScotlandUKTo begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
Whin shü cam oot an fann me dere Wi peenie fairlins eltit.
- 3
ScotlandUKTo work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
- 4
ScotlandUKTo meddle; interfere.
- 5
ScotlandUKTo knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
- 6
ScotlandUKTo become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
noun
- 1
Initialism of emergency locator transmitter.
- 2
Initialism of euglobulin lysis time.
- 3
Initialism of English language teaching.
verb
- 1
Initialism of extract, load, transform.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of element.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does elt come from?
From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Danish ælte (“to knead”), Swedish älta (“to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead”), Norwegian elte (“to knead”), Norwegian elta (“to pursue, plod”), Icelandic elta (“to chase”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).