gouty
/ˈɡaʊti/adjective
gouty is spelled G-O-U-T-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gouty means “Suffering from gout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gouty?
| Letters | 5: G-O-U-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 gouty?
Gouty appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 gouty?
- US /ˈɡaʊti/
- US [ˈɡaʊ̯ɾi]
Gouty has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gouty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gouty?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gouty from its last stressed vowel (/aʊti/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: guyot.
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 gouty
- goutier comparative
- goutiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gouty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Suffering from gout.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gouty come from?
From Middle English gowty; equivalent to gout + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).