cutting
cut·ting/ˈkʌtɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
cutting is spelled C-U-T-T-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables (cut·ting). It appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cutting means “The action of the verb to cut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cutting is cuttings.
How many letters and syllables are in cutting?
| Letters | 7: C-U-T-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cut·ting |
| In writing | 41 times per million words; the 2,438th 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 cutting?
Cutting appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th 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 cutting?
- US /ˈkʌtɪŋ/
Cutting has 2 syllables, split cut·ting in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cutting.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cutting?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cutting from its last stressed vowel (/ʌtɪŋ/):
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 cutting
- cuttings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cutting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb to cut.
How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
- 2
A section removed from a larger whole.
- 3
A newspaper clipping.
- 4
A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- 5
An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
- 6
UKAn open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- 7
The editing of film or other recordings.
- 8
The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.
adjective
- 1
That is used for cutting.
I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
- 2
Piercing, sharp.
- 3
Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.
The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
- 4
IndiaOf a beverage: half-sized.
a cutting chai
- 5
obsoleteslangCutthroat; ruthlessly competitive.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of cut
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cutting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | découpage , coupure , bouture , montage |
| German | Schneiden , Steckling, Ableger, Senkreis |
| Portuguese | corte , recorte , estaca , cortante |
| Spanish | corte, recorte, recortadura, cortamiento , esqueje , cortante |
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 cutting come from?
From cut + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).