shucks
/ʃʌks/noun, interjection, verb
shucks is spelled S-H-U-C-K-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shucks means “plural of shuck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shucks?
| Letters | 6: S-H-U-C-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is shucks?
Shucks appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 shucks?
- /ʃʌks/
Shucks has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shucks.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does shucks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialplural of shuck
interjection
- 1
colloquialExclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
Shucks. It's too bad you can't make it to the party.
- 2
colloquialA bashful expression of thanks.
Aw, shucks, ma'am, catching those wild horses was easy.
verb
- 1
colloquialthird-person singular simple present indicative of shuck
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shucks in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a bashful expression of thanks:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | vaya |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shucks come from?
From shuck (“something valueless”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).