guck
/ɡʌk/noun
guck is spelled G-U-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guck means “The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guck is gucks.
How many letters and syllables are in guck?
| Letters | 4: G-U-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is guck?
Guck appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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 guck?
- /ɡʌk/
Guck has one syllable (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-guck.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of guck
- gucks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guck mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck.
- 2
slangAn unpleasant sticky substance; goo, gunk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does guck come from?
Blend of goose + duck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).