down in the mouth
"down-in-the-mouth" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“down in the mouth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-down-in-the-mouth · down in the mouth · English
down in the mouth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | down in the mouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “down in the mouth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
down in the mouth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.".
down in the mouth doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is down in the mouth, spelled D-O-W-N- -I-N- -T-H-E- -M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how down in the mouth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Is the old 'un here?" asked the robber. "Yes," replied the voice, "and precious down in the mouth he has been."
Said Chrysler's tough, dynamic boss, K. T. Keller: "Don't get down in the mouth about business in this country. There is going to be a lot of money spent here."
This word in other languages
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.