nutso
/ˈnʌ.t͡soʊ/
"nutso" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nutso” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Crazy, insane.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nutso · nutso · English
nutso · 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 "N" 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 | nutso |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnʌ.t͡soʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nutso” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nutso is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈnʌ.t͡soʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for nutso in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nuts + -o. The correct English form is nutso, spelled N-U-T-S-O.
Definition
- 1Crazy, insane.
- 2Fraught or out of control.
- 3Obsessed; overly enthusiastic.
- 4Ridiculous; unbelievable or silly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nutso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"You wanted a report, so here's a full report: crazy, nutso, raisins short of a fruitcake, rubber walls, screaming-mad basket-cases."
"It's a bit scary if you have a difficult boss, and it's out-and-out frightening if you have a completely nutso, maladjusted, irrational, or disturbed boss."
Etymology
From nuts + -o.
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.