gruit
/ɡɹaɪt/noun
gruit is spelled G-R-U-I-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gruit means “An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gruit is gruits.
How many letters and syllables are in gruit?
| Letters | 5: G-R-U-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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 gruit?
Gruit appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 gruit?
- /ɡɹaɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gruit
- gruits plural
- grut
- gruyt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gruit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.
- 2
colloquialAny beer made with such a mixture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gruit come from?
Borrowed from Dutch gruit. Doublet of grit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).