shute
noun
shute is spelled S-H-U-T-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “chute vs shute” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, shute means “Alternative form of chute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shute is shutes.
How many letters and syllables are in shute?
| Letters | 5: S-H-U-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is shute?
Shute appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 shute?
Shute 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).
Words people confuse with shute
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of shute
- shutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shute mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of chute.
- 2
Alternative form of shoot.
- 3
A steep road through a cleft in a hill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).