cutlass
/ˈkʌtləs/
"cutlass" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutlass” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,554
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutlass |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌtləs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cutlass” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cutlass (IPA /ˈkʌtləs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,554 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cutlass, with forms such as "ccutlass", "ctulass", and "cultass". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "class", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix). The correct English form is cutlass, spelled C-U-T-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
- 2A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Etymology
From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccutlass
- ctulass
- cultass
- cutalss
- cutlas
- cutllass
- cutlsas
- cuttlass
- uctlass
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cutlass - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cutlass”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-U-T-L-A-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌtləs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “class” - see the side-by-side comparison. cutlass vs class
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.