ghat
/ɡɔːt/noun
ghat is spelled G-H-A-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ghat means “A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ghat is ghats or ghâts.
How many letters and syllables are in ghat?
| Letters | 4: G-H-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 ghat?
Ghat appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 ghat?
- UK /ɡɔːt/
- UK /ɡɑːt/
- /ɡʱaːʈ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-ghat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ghat?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ghat from its last stressed vowel (/ɔt/, British pronunciation):
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 ghat
- ghats plural
- ghât
- ghát
- ghaut
- ghâts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ghat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
- 2
IndiaA burning-ghat.
- 3
IndiaA mountain pass.
- 4
IndiaA mountain range.
- 5
Alternative form of ghut (“ravine leading to the sea”).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of ghat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ghat come from?
Borrowed from Hindi घाट (ghāṭ, “flight of steps leading to a river; mountain pass”), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “a landing-place, steps on the side of a river leading to the waters”), from Dravidian. Compare Telugu గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “dam, embankment”), కట్ట (kaṭṭa, “dam, embankment”), derived from కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).