suet
/ˈs(j)uːɪt/
"suet" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suet” is uncommon English (frequency #57,745 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,745
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈs(j)uːɪt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suet” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
suet is uncommon English at frequency #57,745 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈs(j)uːɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suet, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum. The correct English form is suet, spelled S-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
Etymology
From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “suet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-E-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.