scute
/skjuːt/noun
scute is spelled S-C-U-T-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scute means “A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scute is scutes.
How many letters and syllables are in scute?
| Letters | 5: S-C-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scute?
Scute appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
How do you pronounce scute?
- /skjuːt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-scute.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scute
- scutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.
- 2
A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
- 3
obsoleteA small shield.
- 4
An old French gold coin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scute come from?
Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).