anicut
noun
anicut is spelled A-N-I-C-U-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anicut means “A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anicut is anicuts.
How many letters and syllables are in anicut?
| Letters | 6: A-N-I-C-U-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 anicut?
Anicut appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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).
What rhymes with anicut?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as anicut.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tunica, nautic.
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 anicut
- anicuts plural
- anaicut
- annicut
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anicut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does anicut come from?
Borrowed from Tamil அணைக்கட்டு (aṇaikkaṭṭu, “dam for regulating the flow of an irrigation channel”), from அணை (aṇai) + கட்டு (kaṭṭu). Also compare Kannada ಅಣೆಕಟ್ಟು (aṇekaṭṭu) with the same construction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).