cutback
"cutback" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutback” is uncommon English (frequency #58,625 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,625
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cutback · cutback · English
cutback · rank #58,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,625
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH curbside
Nearest frequency peer: curbside (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “cutback”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cruella
Cruella
41,381 corpus weight
- curbside
curbside
41,377 corpus weight
- cutback
cutback
41,376 corpus weight
- cutty
cutty
41,375 corpus weight
- cyclin
cyclin
41,374 corpus weight
- Deepa
Deepa
41,370 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cutback” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutback |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cutback” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cutback is uncommon English at frequency #58,625 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cutback in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from cut back. The correct English form is cutback, spelled C-U-T-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
- 2Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
- 3Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
- 4An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- 5An inversion feature of a rollercoaster, similar to a corkscrew but with the second half reversed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cutback appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fifteen more proposals to reverse historical cutbacks in passenger services and the size of the rail network have secured development funding.
The cutback is one of the sport's three fundamental turns, along with the bottom turn and top turn. "It's the purest power move in the book," Australian surf journalist Nick Carroll wrote in 2000.
Etymology
Deverbal from cut back.
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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