futch
/fʊtʃ/adjective, noun
futch is an adjective meaning “Exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-T-C-H and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does futch mean?
adjective
- 1
Exhibiting qualities of both femme and butch identities.
noun
- 1
A person who exhibits traits of both a femme and a butch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce futch?
- UK /fʊtʃ/
Futch has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of futch
- futches plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is futch?
Futch appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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).
Futch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | futch |
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 futch come from?
Blend of femme + butch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).