gurn
/ɡɜː(ɹ)n/noun, verb
gurn is spelled G-U-R-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gurn means “A distorted facial expression; grimace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gurn is gurns.
How many letters and syllables are in gurn?
| Letters | 4: G-U-R-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 gurn?
Gurn appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 gurn?
- /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gurn.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gurn?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gurn.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rung.
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 gurn
- gurns plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- girn
- gurning participle, present
- gurned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gurn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA distorted facial expression; grimace.
verb
- 1
UKTo make a grotesque or funny face; to grimace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gurn come from?
Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).