squits

noun

"squits" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“squits” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diarrhoea.

Corpus desk

Index EN-squits · squits · English

squits · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for squits
PropertyValue
Headwordsquits
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “squits” in English

squitssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

squits is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diarrhoea.".

squits has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Likely a portmanteau of squirt and shit. The correct English form is squits, spelled S-Q-U-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    diarrhoea.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how squits appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ‘Caroline Graham said you couldn’t make it back upstairs. She laid it on as thick as anything for Gibson―said you’d been taken by surprise by something. Now word’s gone round you’ve got the squits.’

Etymology

Likely a portmanteau of squirt and shit.

Synonyms

the runsthe shitsthe squirtsthe trotsthe huckleberry two-steps

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "squits"?
"squits" is spelled S-Q-U-I-T-S.
What does "squits" mean?
As a noun, "squits" means: diarrhoea.
What is the origin of the word "squits"?
Likely a portmanteau of squirt and shit. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list