take a shit
"take-a-shit" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take a shit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To defecate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-a-shit · take a shit · English
take a shit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | take a shit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take a shit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take a shit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for take a shit, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is take a shit, spelled T-A-K-E- -A- -S-H-I-T.
Definition
- 1To defecate.
- 2To fail or malfunction.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, a, shit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how take a shit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Is Rachel still taking a shit? We gotta go now.
I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning.
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.