# slut

> English word · Noun · IPA /slʌt/ · frequency rank #10,278

## Definitions
1. A sexually promiscuous woman.
2. A sexually promiscuous woman.
3. Any sexually promiscuous person.
4. Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
5. A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.
6. A slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
7. A bold, outspoken woman.
8. A female dog.
9. A maidservant.
10. A rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.

## Etymology
From Middle English slutt, slutte, slute (“a dirty or slovenly person, usually a woman, scullery maid; messy animal to prepare as food; slush, mud”), probably from Old English *slȳte (“sleet”), from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet, hail”), related to Proto-West Germanic *slaut (“puddle, ditch”). Compare Dutch slodder and slet, dialectal Swedish slata (“idle woman”), Norwegian sludd (“sleet”), and the dialectal Norwegian slutr (“sleet, impure liquid”). Doublet of sleet.

## Easily confused with
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-su)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sun)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sum)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sue)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sup)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sly)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-stu)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sus)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sui)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-suh)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-smt)
- **Sul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sul)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sou)
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sud)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sot)
- **SST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sst)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-sort)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slut-vs-spot)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lsut`, `sllut`, `sltu`, `slutt`, `sslut`, `sult`

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