mommick

verb

"mommick" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mommick” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To harass or bother (someone or something).

Corpus desk

Index EN-mommick · mommick · English

mommick · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for mommick
PropertyValue
Headwordmommick
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mommick” in English

mommickranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mommick is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

mommick doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Apparently a variant of mammock. The correct English form is mommick, spelled M-O-M-M-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    To harass or bother (someone or something).
  2. 2
    To beat up or rough up (someone).
  3. 3
    To mess up; to bungle or ruin by bungling.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The big woman wheeled on the tumbling children in the car. "Billie-Dove Newsome, min' you manners. Ramon-Novarro, quit mommicking de dog!" She turned back.
  2. Using a bit of Down East vernacular, as if talking about a family member, she adds, “Leo's used to me mommicking [teasing] him—treating him like a baby.”

Etymology

Apparently a variant of mammock.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mommick"?
"mommick" is spelled M-O-M-M-I-C-K.
What does "mommick" mean?
As a verb, "mommick" means: To harass or bother (someone or something).
What is the origin of the word "mommick"?
Apparently a variant of mammock. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list