slut

\slʌt\

/\slʌt\/ noun

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The verdict

“slut” is uncommon French (frequency #64,098 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,098
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme facile, salope, peut s’appliquer à un homme (souvent pour un homosexuel).

Corpus desk

Index FR-slut · slut · French

slut · rank #64,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,098
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sinbad

Nearest frequency peer: Sinbad (-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 « slut »

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 « slut » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for slut
PropertyValue
Headwordslut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\slʌt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,098
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « slut » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sluttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Sinbad » (#64,097), « silicates » (#64,096), « sonique » (#64,100). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « slut » est au #64,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

slut is uncommon French at frequency #64,098 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \slʌt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for slut in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is slut, spelled S-L-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme facile, salope, peut s’appliquer à un homme (souvent pour un homosexuel).
  2. 2
    Prostituée.
  3. 3
    Femme malpropre, souillon (peut parfois s’appliquer à un homme).
  4. 4
    Domestique, femme de condition inférieure.
  5. 5
    Chienne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities.
  2. My wife called up the people to washing by four o'clock in the morning; and our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others, and deserves wages better.

Synonyms

trampwhore

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 "slut"?
"slut" is spelled S-L-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \slʌt\.
What does "slut" mean?
As a noun, "slut" means: Femme facile, salope, peut s’appliquer à un homme (souvent pour un homosexuel).
How do you pronounce "slut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slut" is \slʌt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "slut" come from?
"slut" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sete#64,091Stab#64,106stig#64,109sucs#64,112

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list