cutpurse
/ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/
"cutpurse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutpurse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cutpurse · cutpurse · English
cutpurse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutpurse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cutpurse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cutpurse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cutpurse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut. The correct English form is cutpurse, spelled C-U-T-P-U-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cutpurse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A cutpurse of the empire and the rule
The Gipsie snap & Pedro are none of Toms Comradoes, yͤ punck I skorne, & yͤ cutpurse sworn & yͤ roring boyes brauadoes
Etymology
From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.