# hut

> English word · Noun · IPA /hʌt/ · frequency rank #9,054

## Definitions
1. A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
2. A small wooden shed.
3. A small stack of grain.

## Etymology
From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).
Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.

## Easily confused with
- **hv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hv)
- **hwy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hwy)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hye)
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-huw)
- **Hyun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hyun)
- **huts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-huts)
- **Hutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hutt)
- **Hutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hutu)
- **hutch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hutch)
- **h** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/h-vs-hut)
- **he** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/he-vs-hut)
- **hi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hi-vs-hut)
- **ha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ha-vs-hut)
- **HD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hd-vs-hut)
- **ho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ho-vs-hut)
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hr-vs-hut)
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hp-vs-hut)
- **hm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hm-vs-hut)
- **HQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hq-vs-hut)
- **hc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hc-vs-hut)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hut