gurl
/ɡɝl/noun, verb
gurl is spelled G-U-R-L: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “girl vs gurl” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, gurl means “Alternative form of girl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gurl is gurls.
How many letters and syllables are in gurl?
| Letters | 4: G-U-R-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gurl?
Gurl appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 gurl?
- US /ɡɝl/
- US /ɡʊɹ(ə)l/
- UK /ɡɜːl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with gurl
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: girl (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: girl.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gurl?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gurl from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹl/):
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 gurl
- gurls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- gurling participle, present
- gurled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gurl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalnonstandardAlternative form of girl.
- 2
Term of address between cis gay men, transgender women, or drag queens.
- 3
A trans girl or woman.
verb
- 1
IrelandScotlandTo growl or snarl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gurl come from?
Variant spelling of girl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).