gunshot
gun·shot/ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/noun
gunshot is spelled G-U-N-S-H-O-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (gun·shot). It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gunshot means “The discharging a firearm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gunshot is gunshots.
How many letters and syllables are in gunshot?
| Letters | 7: G-U-N-S-H-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gun·shot |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 gunshot?
Gunshot appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 gunshot?
- UK /ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/
- US /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/
Gunshot has 2 syllables, split gun·shot in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-gunshot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gunshot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gunshot (/ʌnʃɑt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shotgun.
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 gunshot
- gunshots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gunshot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The discharging a firearm.
- 2
The firing of guns; gunfire.
they heard gunshot all around them
- 3
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
- 4
A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gunshot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | coup de feu |
| German | Schuss |
| Spanish | tastaseo |
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 gunshot come from?
From gun + shot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).