putt
[pʰʌt]noun, verb
putt is spelled P-U-T-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “put vs putt” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, putt means “The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of putt is putts.
How many letters and syllables are in putt?
| Letters | 4: P-U-T-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); 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).
How common is putt?
Putt appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 putt?
- /pʌt/
- Australia [pʰat]
- US [pʰʌt]
Putt has one syllable (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-putt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with putt
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: put.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of putt
- putts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- putting participle, present
- putted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does putt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- 2
A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
- 3
UKslangA motorcycle.
- 4
Small cart.
verb
- 1
To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.
- 2
To make a putting sound.
- 3
slangTo ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
- 4
To move along slowly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does putt come from?
Borrowed from Scots putt (“to put”). Compare Middle Dutch putten (“to dig a pit”). The Old English putian (“to push; thrust; put; place”) derivation is commonly assumed, although no longer valid. In Dutch, the word is instanced in a description of golf in an early seventeenth-century edition of Pieter van Afferden's Tyrocinium linguae latinae. All derive from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).