go to shit

verb

"go-to-shit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“go to shit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To completely fail; to have no result.

Corpus desk

Index EN-go-to-shit · go to shit · English

go to shit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" 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.

Key facts for go to shit
PropertyValue
Headwordgo to shit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “go to shit” in English

go to shitranks 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

go to shit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for go to shit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is go to shit, spelled G-O- -T-O- -S-H-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To completely fail; to have no result.
  2. 2
    To become much worse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. All his hard work went to shit when the company filed for bankruptcy.
  2. This city has gone to shit ever since he became mayor.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "go to shit"?
"go to shit" is spelled G-O- -T-O- -S-H-I-T.
What does "go to shit" mean?
As a verb, "go to shit" means: To completely fail; to have no result.
What language does "go to shit" come from?
"go to shit" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list