cutaway
/ˈkʌtəweɪ/
"cutaway" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutaway” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,254 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,254
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutaway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌtəweɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cutaway” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cutaway is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkʌtəweɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,254 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for cutaway in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from cut away. The correct English form is cutaway, spelled C-U-T-A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasions.
- 2A diagram or model having outer layers removed so as to show the interior.
- 3A brief shot that temporarily takes the viewer away from the principal action, especially to show a reaction, illustration etc.; an instance of moving to such a shot.
- 4An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.
- 5A guitar having a cutaway.
- 6Short for cutaway bog
Etymology
Deverbal from cut away.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cutaway”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-U-T-A-W-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌtəweɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.