# shit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɪt/ · frequency rank #316

## Definitions
1. Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
2. The act of shitting.
3. Rubbish; worthless matter.
4. Stuff, things.
5. (the shit) The best of its kind.
6. Genitalia, especially male.
7. Nonsense; bullshit.
8. A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
9. (in negations) Anything.
10. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
11. A problem or difficult situation.
12. A strong rebuke.
13. Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
14. Anything exceptional or remarkable.

## Etymology
From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.

## Easily confused with
- **SI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-si)
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-six)
- **sir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sir)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sit)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sin)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-shy)
- **ski** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-ski)
- **SIM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sim)
- **sip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sip)
- **sis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sis)
- **sic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sic)
- **Sid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sid)
- **sig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sig)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sho)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sia)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sti)
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sie)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sui)
- **sil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-sil)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shit-vs-ssi)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hsit`, `shhit`, `shitt`, `shti`, `siht`, `sshit`

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