# beaut

> English word · Noun · IPA /bjuːt/ · frequency rank #49,206

## Definitions
1. Something or someone that is physically attractive.
2. Something that is a remarkable example of its type.

## Etymology
Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.

## Easily confused with
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-but)
- **bet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-bet)
- **best** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-best)
- **boat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-boat)
- **belt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-belt)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-bout)
- **bent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-bent)
- **Bert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-bert)
- **brat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-brat)
- **beet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-beet)
- **Beit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-beit)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-brut)
- **begun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-begun)
- **blast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-blast)
- **boast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-boast)
- **Braun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-braun)
- **beset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-beset)
- **beret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-beret)
- **brant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-brant)
- **beaux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-beaux)

## Common misspellings (6)
`baeut`, `bbeaut`, `beatu`, `beautt`, `beuat`, `ebaut`

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