gat
/ɡæt/noun, verb
gat is spelled G-A-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gat means “Any type of gun, usually a pistol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gat is gats.
How many letters and syllables are in gat?
| Letters | 3: G-A-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 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 gat?
Gat appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 gat?
- /ɡæt/
Gat 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)-Persent101-gat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gat
Also written: kat.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gat.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tag, gta.
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 gat
- gats plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gatting participle, present
- gatted participle, past
- kat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicslangA Gatling gun.
- 2
Any type of gun, usually a pistol.
- 3
slangA guitar.
- 4
An inshore channel or strait dividing two landmasses (such as two islands or sandbanks, or an island and a peninsula, etc) or connecting coastal waters with the open sea, especially on the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas.
- 5
A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.
- 6
IrelandslangGuinness (type of beer).
- 7
Alternative spelling of khat.
verb
- 1
slangTo shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
noun
- 1
IrelandslangAlternative form of gat (“Guinness beer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gat come from?
Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).