ghyll
/ɡɪl/noun
ghyll is spelled G-H-Y-L-L: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ghyll means “A ravine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ghyll is ghylls.
How many letters and syllables are in ghyll?
| Letters | 5: G-H-Y-L-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is ghyll?
Ghyll appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 ghyll?
- /ɡɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gill.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ghyll
Sounds like: gill (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of ghyll
- ghylls plural
- gill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ghyll mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandA ravine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ghyll come from?
From Middle English gille, gylle, from Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).