shut it
"shut-it" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shut it” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To stop talking or making noise; to shut up.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shut it |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shut it” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shut it is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To stop talking or making noise; to shut up.".
shut it doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: With it referring to a person's mouth. The correct English form is shut it, spelled S-H-U-T- -I-T.
Definition
- 1To stop talking or making noise; to shut up.
Etymology
With it referring to a person's mouth.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “shut it”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-U-T- -I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.