garret
/ˈɡæɹɪt/noun
garret is spelled G-A-R-R-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Garret, the name). As a noun, garret means “An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of garret is garrets.
How many letters and syllables are in garret?
| Letters | 6: G-A-R-R-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 garret?
Garret appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Garret, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce garret?
- UK /ˈɡæɹɪt/
- US /ˈɡæɹɪt/
- US /ˈɡɛɹɪt/
Garret has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-garret.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with garret?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as garret from its last stressed vowel (/æɹɪt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: garter, grater.
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 garret
- garrets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does garret mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Garret in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | galetas |
| German | Mansarde, Dachwohnung |
| Portuguese | sótão |
| Spanish | buhardilla |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does garret come from?
From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).