gorm
/ɡoɹm/verb
gorm is spelled G-O-R-M: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, gorm means “To gawk; to stare or gape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gorm?
| Letters | 4: G-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 gorm?
Gorm appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 gorm?
- UK /ɡɔːm/
- US /ɡoɹm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gorm.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gorm
Sounds like: gaum (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gorm?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gorm from its last stressed vowel (/oɹm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grom.
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 gorm
- gorms present, singular, he/she/it
- gorming participle, present
- gormed participle, past
- gawm
- gaum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gorm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKUSTo gawk; to stare or gape.
- 2
To make a mess of.
- 3
Alternative form of gaum (“to smear”).
For quotations using this term, see Citations:gorm.
- 4
colloquialrareTo devour; to wolf down (food).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gorm come from?
A variant of gaum, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumō; compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”), and see gaum for more. The -r- was not originally pronounced but was a device used by non-rhotic dialects of English to indicate vowel length or quality (compare Burma, Myanmar, and juggernaut).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).