cutie
cut·ie/ˈkjuti/noun
cutie is spelled C-U-T-I-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables (cut·ie). It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cutie means “A cute person or animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cutie is cuties.
How many letters and syllables are in cutie?
| Letters | 5: C-U-T-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cut·ie |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cutie?
Cutie appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th 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 cutie?
- UK /ˈkjuːti/
- US /ˈkjuti/
- US [-ɾi]
Cutie has 2 syllables, split cut·ie in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cutie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cutie
Also written: qt.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cutie?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cutie from its last stressed vowel (/uti/):
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 cutie
- cuties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cutie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cute person or animal.
- 2
A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
- 3
Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cutie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cute person or animal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mignon |
| German | Süßer, Süße, Schatz |
| Portuguese | gracinha |
| Spanish | guapo, guapa, cariño, tesoro |
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 cutie come from?
From cute + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).