cut into

verb

"cut-into" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cut into” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of cut in (to include)

Corpus desk

Index EN-cut-into · cut into · English

cut into · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for cut into
PropertyValue
Headwordcut into
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cut into” in English

cut intosits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cut into is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

cut into doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is cut into, spelled C-U-T- -I-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of cut in (to include)
  2. 2
    To harm (someone); to insult or verbally abuse (someone); to hurt (someone).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cut into appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That's when I started cutting into them.
  2. His guilt had cut into him, leaving him depressed.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cut into"?
"cut into" is spelled C-U-T- -I-N-T-O.
What does "cut into" mean?
As a verb, "cut into" means: Synonym of cut in (to include)
What language does "cut into" come from?
"cut into" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list