# shat

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃæt/ · frequency rank #39,557

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of shit

## Etymology
A late innovation, apparently by analogy with sit → sat; spit → spat, etc. First recorded in the eighteenth century. Compare Old English sċāt.

## Easily confused with
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-she)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sit)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-shy)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-spa)
- **shi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-shi)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sta)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sho)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sia)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-ska)
- **shh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-shh)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sma)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-smt)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-soa)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-ssa)
- **SLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sla)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sot)
- **SST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sst)
- **SNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-sna)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-show)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shat-vs-shit)

## Common misspellings (5)
`saht`, `shatt`, `shhat`, `shta`, `sshat`

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