cutover
adjective, noun
cutover is spelled C-U-T-O-V-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cutover means “Having been cleared of valuable timber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cutover?
| Letters | 7: C-U-T-O-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 cutover?
Cutover appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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).
What rhymes with cutover?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cutover.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: couvert, overcut.
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 cutover
- cut-over
- cutovers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cutover mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been cleared of valuable timber.
noun
- 1
An area of cutover land.
- 2
The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
- 3
The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
- 4
Any process of quickly replacing a machine or system so as to minimize downtime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cutover come from?
From cut + over.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).