gulped

/ɡʌlpt/

//ɡʌlpt// verb

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"gulped" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gulped” is uncommon English (frequency #72,368 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,368
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of gulp

Corpus desk

Index EN-gulped · gulped · English

gulped · rank #72,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,368
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH groundskeeper

Nearest frequency peer: groundskeeper (-5 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “gulped”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “gulped” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gulped
PropertyValue
Headwordgulped
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡʌlpt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,368
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gulped” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).gulpedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “groundskeeper” (#72,363), “Hagerty” (#72,373), “greystone” (#72,362). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gulped” is #72,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gulped is uncommon English at frequency #72,368 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡʌlpt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of gulp".

Zero misspellings are on record for gulped in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is gulped, spelled G-U-L-P-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of gulp

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gulped"?
"gulped" is spelled G-U-L-P-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡʌlpt/.
What does "gulped" mean?
As a verb, "gulped" means: simple past and past participle of gulp
How do you pronounce "gulped"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gulped" is /ɡʌlpt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gulped" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gulped", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

graven#72,361Hanako#72,377Ghazni#72,348Howlin#72,401

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list