zut

\zyt\

/\zyt\/ intj

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The verdict

“zut” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,542) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#15,542
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exclamation qui exprime l’impatience, le dépit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zut · zut · French

zut · rank #15,542 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,542
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zeus

Nearest frequency peer: Zeus (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « zut »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « zut » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

zut vs Z
0% similar
zut vs zu
67% similar
zut vs ze
33% similar

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

Key facts for zut
PropertyValue
Headwordzut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\zyt\
Letters3
Frequency rank#15,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « zut »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Zeus » (#15,541), « échappée » (#15,543), « win » (#15,540). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zut » est au #15,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for zut is neighbouring look-alikes ("Z", "zu", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced \zyt\. Frequency #15,542 among 240 “Z” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zut, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Z", "zu", "ze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is zut, spelled Z-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exclamation qui exprime l’impatience, le dépit.
  2. 2
    Non, exprime le refus.
  3. 3
    Fi, exprime le mépris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah ! zut alors…
  2. Zut, j’ai taché mon pantalon.

Synonyms

crotteflutemerdemincesacrebleumaudittonnerre mes chiens

This word in other languages

rats(English)caray(Español)Scheiße(Deutsch)droga(Português)

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 "zut"?
"zut" is spelled Z-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \zyt\.
What does "zut" mean?
As an interjection, "zut" means: Exclamation qui exprime l’impatience, le dépit.
What words are commonly confused with "zut"?
"zut" is commonly confused with "Z", "zu", "ze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zut" is \zyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zut" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

win#15,540alt#15,561aïe#15,571dev#15,608

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list