Eartha Kitt

noun

"eartha-kitt" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Eartha Kitt” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Shit.

Corpus desk

Index EN-eartha-kitt · Eartha Kitt · English

Eartha Kitt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Eartha Kitt
PropertyValue
HeadwordEartha Kitt
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Eartha Kitt” in English

Eartha Kittranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eartha Kitt is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Shit.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Eartha Kitt, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Rhyming slang, using the name of Eartha Kitt (1927–2008), American singer and actress. The correct English form is Eartha Kitt, spelled E-A-R-T-H-A- -K-I-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Shit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Eartha Kitt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. > why do men whistle while on the loo? so they know which end to wipe after they have had an eartha kitt!!!
  2. NuLab will give an Eartha Kitt for as long as it is politically expedient to do so, and not a moment longer.

Etymology

Rhyming slang, using the name of Eartha Kitt (1927–2008), American singer and actress.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eartha Kitt"?
"Eartha Kitt" is spelled E-A-R-T-H-A- -K-I-T-T.
What does "Eartha Kitt" mean?
As a noun, "Eartha Kitt" means: Shit.
What is the origin of the word "Eartha Kitt"?
Rhyming slang, using the name of Eartha Kitt (1927–2008), American singer and actress. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list