gaud
/ɡɔd/noun, verb
gaud is spelled G-A-U-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaud means “A cheap showy trinket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaud is gauds.
How many letters and syllables are in gaud?
| Letters | 4: G-A-U-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 gaud?
Gaud appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 gaud?
- UK /ɡɔːd/
- US /ɡɔd/
- /ɡɑd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AcpoKrane-gaud.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gaud
Sounds like: gored (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gaud?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gaud from its last stressed vowel (/ɔd/):
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 gaud
- gauds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gauding participle, present
- gauded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaud mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cheap showy trinket
Dalmeny lent me red tabs, Evans his brass hat; so that I had the gauds of my appointment in the ceremony of the Jaffa gate, which for me was the supreme moment of the war.
- 2
obsoletetrick; jest; sport
- 3
obsoletedeceit; fraud; artifice
verb
- 1
To sport or keep festival.
- 2
obsoleteTo bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gaud come from?
From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).