# spurt

> English word · Verb · IPA /spɜːt/ · frequency rank #35,532

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-sure)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-suit)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-surf)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-sura)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-start)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-stunt)
- **squat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-squat)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-sturt)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-sturm)
- **Stuart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-stuart)
- **squirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spurt-vs-squirt)
- **SPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spr-vs-spurt)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sort-vs-spurt)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spot-vs-spurt)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shut-vs-spurt)
- **sour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sour-vs-spurt)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spit-vs-spurt)
- **slut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-spurt)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spun-vs-spurt)
- **spur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spur-vs-spurt)

## Common misspellings (8)
`psurt`, `sppurt`, `sprut`, `spurrt`, `spurtt`, `sputr`, `sspurt`, `suprt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spurt