chut

\ʃyt\

/\ʃyt\/ intj

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The verdict

“chut” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,739
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjection dont on se sert pour avertir ou ordonner de faire silence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chut · chut · French

chut · rank #12,739 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,739
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chrono

Nearest frequency peer: chrono (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chut »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chut » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chut vs Ct
25% similar
chut vs cul
50% similar
chut vs cru
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chut
PropertyValue
Headwordchut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\ʃyt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,739
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chut »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chutse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chrono » (#12,738), « cassée » (#12,737), « classées » (#12,741). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chut » est au #12,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around chut (IPA \ʃyt\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #12,739 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Interjection dont on se sert pour avertir ou ordonner de faire silence.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chut, with forms such as "cchut", "chhut", and "chtu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ct", "cul", "cru", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chut, spelled C-H-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjection dont on se sert pour avertir ou ordonner de faire silence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chut ! quelqu’un vient.
  2. Chut ! ça ne te regarde pas !

Synonyms

silence

This word in other languages

hush(English)chito(Español)leise(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchut
  • chhut
  • chtu
  • chutt
  • cuht
  • hcut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chut - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cchut1chhut1chtu2chutt1cuht2hcut2
Edit distance from "chut"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chut"?
"chut" is spelled C-H-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃyt\.
What does "chut" mean?
As an interjection, "chut" means: Interjection dont on se sert pour avertir ou ordonner de faire silence.
What words are commonly confused with "chut"?
"chut" is commonly confused with "Ct", "cul", "cru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chut" is \ʃyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chut" come from?
"chut" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Carol6 variantsberry6 variantsloupe6 variantsSonia6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list