talk shit
"talk-shit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talk 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-talk-shit · talk shit · English
talk shit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | talk shit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “talk shit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
talk shit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for talk shit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”). The correct English form is talk shit, spelled T-A-L-K- -S-H-I-T.
Definition
- 1To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
- 2To speak nonsense or to lie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how talk shit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Talk shit, get hit.
Yo, man, Bobby was here, an' he was talkin' all kinds of shit about how many girlfriends he's had; y'all know that he ain't had a girlfriend since a girl had him.
Etymology
From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”).
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.