glut
/ɡlʌt/noun, verb
glut is spelled G-L-U-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glut means “An excess, too much” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glut is gluts.
How many letters and syllables are in glut?
| Letters | 4: G-L-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 glut?
Glut appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 glut?
- US /ɡlʌt/
- [ɡlʊt]
- Australia /ɡlɐt/
Glut has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glut.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-glut.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with glut?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as glut from its last stressed vowel (/ʌt/):
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 glut
- gluts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- glutting participle, present
- glutted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An excess, too much.
a glut of the market
- 2
That which is swallowed.
- 3
Something that fills up an opening.
- 4
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- 5
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- 6
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- 7
An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- 8
A block used for a fulcrum.
verb
- 1
To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
to glut one's appetite
- 2
To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- 3
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schwemme, Überfluss, Überschuss , auffüllen, sättigen, befriedigen |
| Portuguese | excesso , saciar , empanturrar-se |
| Spanish | saciar , glotonear |
| French | gargantuer , inonder |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glut come from?
Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).