spurt
/spɜɹt/verb, noun
spurt is spelled S-P-U-R-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, spurt means “To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spurt?
| Letters | 5: S-P-U-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is spurt?
Spurt appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 spurt?
- UK /spɜːt/
- US /spɜɹt/
Spurt 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-spurt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spurt?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spurt from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: turps.
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 spurt
- spurts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- spurting participle, present
- spurted participle, past
- spirt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spurt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- 2
To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- 3
To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
noun
- 1
A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
- 2
slangEjaculation of semen.
- 3
obsoleteA shoot; a bud.
- 4
A moment, a short period of time.
- 5
A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
- 6
The act of spurting, or something spurted
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spurt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | chorretear , chirguete, chiguete, chorrete |
| French | gicler |
| German | Spritzer, Strahl , spritzen, zischen, schießen , Spurt |
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 spurt come from?
From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprytten, from Old English spryttan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).