# garth

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/ · frequency rank #19,347

## Definitions
1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
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.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard.

## Easily confused with
- **gat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-gat)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-grt)
- **Gary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-gary)
- **goth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-goth)
- **gash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-gash)
- **gert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-gert)
- **girth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garth-vs-girth)
- **gah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gah-vs-garth)
- **gar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gar-vs-garth)
- **gait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gait-vs-garth)
- **garb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garb-vs-garth)
- **Gant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gant-vs-garth)
- **gard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gard-vs-garth)
- **gare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gare-vs-garth)
- **garda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garda-vs-garth)
- **garbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garbo-vs-garth)
- **Gareth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gareth-vs-garth)
- **garter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garter-vs-garth)
- **garish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garish-vs-garth)

## Common misspellings (8)
`agrth`, `garht`, `garrth`, `garthh`, `gartth`, `gatrh`, `ggarth`, `grath`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/garth