chute
/ʃut/noun, verb
chute is spelled C-H-U-T-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “chute vs shoot” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, chute means “A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chute is chutes or 'chutes.
How many letters and syllables are in chute?
| Letters | 5: C-H-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chute?
Chute appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 chute?
- UK /ʃuːt/
- US /ʃut/
- /ʃʉt/
Chute 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-chute.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with chute
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: shoot (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: shute.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with chute?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chute from its last stressed vowel (/ut/):
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 chute
- chutes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chuting participle, present
- chuted participle, past
- 'chutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- 2
A waterfall or rapid.
- 3
A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
- 4
An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.
- 5
informalA parachute.
- 6
slangA spinnaker.
verb
- 1
informalTo parachute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chute in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | toboggan , chute d'eau, cascade |
| German | Rutsche, Rinne, Schacht, Rohr, Röhre, Schütte |
| Portuguese | calha , paraquedas |
| Spanish | paracaídas |
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 chute come from?
From French chute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).