gaut
/ɡɔːt/noun
gaut is spelled G-A-U-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaut means “Alternative form of ghaut (“ghat, mountain pass”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaut is gauts.
How many letters and syllables are in gaut?
| Letters | 4: G-A-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 gaut?
Gaut appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 gaut?
- /ɡɔːt/
Gaut 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).
Forms of gaut
- gauts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gaut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of ghaut (“ghat, mountain pass”).
[…] gauts, or passes, from which we should not be able to extricate ourselves without considerable loss, or the danger of starving in them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).