gutted
/ˈɡʌtɪd/adjective, verb
gutted is spelled G-U-T-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gutted means “Eviscerated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gutted?
| Letters | 6: G-U-T-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gutted?
Gutted appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 gutted?
- /ˈɡʌtɪd/
Gutted has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-gutted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gutted
- more gutted comparative
- most gutted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gutted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Eviscerated.
- 2
With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.
(referring to the practice of newspapers removing all intermediate vowels from the names of people about whom they were making potentially libelous statements, as eg Fl-r-o, compare 1714 cite of past participle, below) For he to keep him fr
- 3
archaicHaving a gut or guts.
Having spoke thus, she took the ugliest of her monsters, full gutted from her spleen, and flung it invisibly into his mouth, which, flying straight up into his head, squeezed out his eye-balls, gave him a distorted look, and half overturned
- 4
slangDeeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of gut
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gutted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | ausgenommen, ausgeweidet , verwüstet, zerstört, ruiniert, entkernt |
| Spanish | destripado, desentrañado, eviscerado , desmembrado |
| French | dégouté, écoeuré |
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 gutted come from?
From Middle English gutted, gotted, equivalent to gut + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).