shuttering

noun

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"shuttering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shuttering” is an uncommon English word, ranked #79,057 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#79,057
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of closing something with shutters.

Key facts for shuttering
PropertyValue
Headwordshuttering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,057
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shuttering” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). shuttering lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for shuttering is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #79,057 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for shuttering in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is shuttering, spelled S-H-U-T-T-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of closing something with shutters.
  2. 2
    The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.
  3. 3
    Formwork.

Synonyms

shutdown

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shuttering"?
"shuttering" is spelled S-H-U-T-T-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "shuttering" mean?
As a noun, "shuttering" means: The act of closing something with shutters.
What language does "shuttering" come from?
"shuttering" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “shuttering”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-H-U-T-T-E-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list