gules
/ˈɡjulz/noun, adjective
gules is spelled G-U-L-E-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gules means “Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gules?
| Letters | 5: G-U-L-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 gules?
Gules appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 gules?
- UK /ˈɡjuːlz/
- US /ˈɡjulz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-gules.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gules?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gules from its last stressed vowel (/ulz/):
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 gules
- gu.
- g.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gules mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
- 2
plural of gule
adjective
- 1
In blazon, of the colour red.
The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate gules?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of gules: gu..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gules in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gules come from?
From Middle English goules, from Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules, Portuguese goelas and Spanish gules.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).