gurt
/ˈɡɜːɹt/noun, adjective
gurt is spelled G-U-R-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gurt means “A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gurt is gurts.
How many letters and syllables are in gurt?
| Letters | 4: G-U-R-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 gurt?
Gurt appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 gurt?
- UK /ˈɡɜːt/
- UK /ˈɡɝːt/
- US /ˈɡɜːɹt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gurt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gurt
Sounds like: girt (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with gurt?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gurt from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trug.
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 gurt
- gurts plural
- gert
- girt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gurt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
noun
- 1
Acronym of Genetic use restriction technology, a generic term for proposed methods to restrict use of genetically modified plants by activating modified genes only by certain stimuli, particularly to ensure the sterility of any seeds.
adjective
- 1
UKPronunciation spelling of great.
Then I opens the cupboard door and I sees a gurt big spider looking up at me.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gurt come from?
Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. Cf. Middle English gout, got (“watercourse, ditch, sluice”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).