# chute

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃ(j)uːt/ · frequency rank #22,614

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From French chute.

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cut)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cue)
- **CTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cte)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cure)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-clue)
- **cube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cube)
- **cite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cite)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cote)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-crude)
- **crate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-crate)
- **coupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-coupe)
- **cutie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-cutie)
- **Crete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-crete)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-conte)
- **comte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-comte)
- **chutney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chute-vs-chutney)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chu-vs-chute)
- **che** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/che-vs-chute)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cchute`, `chhute`, `chtue`, `chuet`, `chutte`, `cuhte`, `hcute`

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