garth
/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/noun
garth is spelled G-A-R-T-H: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, garth means “A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of garth is garths.
How many letters and syllables are in garth?
| Letters | 5: G-A-R-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is garth?
Garth appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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).
How do you pronounce garth?
- /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
Garth has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-garth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of garth
- garths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does garth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
- 2
A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
a cloister garth
- 3
A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
- 4
A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
- 5
A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
- 6
A dam or weir for catching fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does garth come from?
Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard, and also a doublet of garden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).