# glut

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡlʌt/ · frequency rank #36,583

## Definitions
1. An excess, too much.
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.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
10. Five goals scored by one player in a game.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **GU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gu)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-got)
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-guy)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gun)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gut)
- **gum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gum)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gus)
- **GST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gst)
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gui)
- **GPU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gpu)
- **Guo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-guo)
- **GNU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gnu)
- **gul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gul)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gru)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-grt)
- **goat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-goat)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-guts)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-grit)
- **grub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-grub)
- **gust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-gust)

## Common misspellings (6)
`gglut`, `gllut`, `gltu`, `glutt`, `gult`, `lgut`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glut