# shucks

> English word · Interjection · IPA /ʃʌks/ · frequency rank #44,487

## Definitions
1. Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
2. A bashful expression of thanks.

## Etymology
From shuck (“something valueless”).

## Easily confused with
- **suck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-suck)
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-stuck)
- **sucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-sucks)
- **socks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-socks)
- **shuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-shuts)
- **snuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-snuck)
- **sucky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-sucky)
- **stocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-stocks)
- **sticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-sticks)
- **stacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-stacks)
- **slacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shucks-vs-slacks)
- **shock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shock-vs-shucks)
- **Sacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacks-vs-shucks)
- **shack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shack-vs-shucks)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hsucks`, `shcuks`, `shhucks`, `shuccks`, `shuckks`, `shuckss`, `shucsk`, `shukcs`, `sshucks`, `suhcks`

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