shat
/ʃʌt/noun, verb
shat is spelled S-H-A-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shat means “Alternative form of chott” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shat is shats.
How many letters and syllables are in shat?
| Letters | 4: S-H-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th 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 shat?
Shat appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th 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 shat?
- /ʃʌt/
As a noun (“Synonym of shatter (“a pine needle”)”): /ʃæt/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-shat.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shat
- shats plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of chott.
- 2
Synonym of shatter (“a pine needle”).
Dryden used the car that afternoon to get shats for the hog pen of Ollie Hitchens, who … gave Dryden a dollar for his services in getting the shats … some pine shats for his father.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of shit
Hey Schlossie [=Jeremy Schloss], I just shat in your shoe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shat come from?
From Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ); see chott; for the spelling, compare Shatt al-Arab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).