cutup
"cutup" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutup” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cutup · cutup · English
cutup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | cutup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cutup” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cutup is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cutup in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from cut up. The correct English form is cutup, spelled C-U-T-U-P.
Definition
- 1Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.
- 2A work produced by the aleatory literary technique of cutting up and rearranging a written text to create a new text.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cutup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: class clown; good-time Charlie; prankster
'I think I should mention, Candy,' said Mrs. Chasen, 'that Harold does has his eccentric moments.' 'Oh, yes!' said Candy, finally comprehending. 'That's all right. I've got a brother who's a real cut-up too.'
Etymology
Deverbal from cut up.
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.