gulley
noun, verb
gulley is spelled G-U-L-L-E-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gulley means “Alternative spelling of gully (Etymology 1)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gulley is gulleys.
How many letters and syllables are in gulley?
| Letters | 6: G-U-L-L-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is gulley?
Gulley appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 gulley?
Gulley 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).
Words people confuse with gulley
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: gully.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of gulley
- gulleys plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gulleying participle, present
- gulleyed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gulley mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of gully (Etymology 1).
verb
- 1
Alternative spelling of gully.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).