cutting

noun

The verdict

“cutting” is uncommon French (frequency #71,410 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,410
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline d'équitation western, pendant laquelle le cavalier et sa monture sont jugés sur leur habileté à séparer un bovin du reste de son troupeau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cutting · cutting · French

cutting · rank #71,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,410
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Curtius

Nearest frequency peer: Curtius (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cutting »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cutting » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cutting
PropertyValue
Headwordcutting
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,410
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cutting » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cuttingtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Curtius » (#71,409), « Cylons » (#71,411), « curran » (#71,408). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cutting » est au #71,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cutting is uncommon French at frequency #71,410 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for cutting in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cutting, spelled C-U-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discipline d'équitation western, pendant laquelle le cavalier et sa monture sont jugés sur leur habileté à séparer un bovin du reste de son troupeau.
  2. 2
    Automutilation chez certains adolescents consistant à se couper la peau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le cutting est devenu un sport lorsque les cowboys organisèrent les premiers concours afin de déterminer quel était le meilleur cheval pour isoler les veaux.
  2. … on a retrouvé des dizaines de coupures sur son corps, des blessures qu’elle s’infligeait régulièrement. Cutting, dans le jargon…

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 "cutting"?
"cutting" is spelled C-U-T-T-I-N-G.
What does "cutting" mean?
As a noun, "cutting" means: Discipline d'équitation western, pendant laquelle le cavalier et sa monture sont jugés sur leur habileté à séparer un bovin du reste de son troupeau.
What language does "cutting" come from?
"cutting" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list