Mountain Dew
"mountain-dew" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mountain Dew” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A brand of citrus-flavored, carbonated, heavily caffeinated beverage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mountain-dew · Mountain Dew · English
Mountain Dew · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Mountain Dew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mountain Dew” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mountain Dew is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A brand of citrus-flavored, carbonated, heavily caffeinated beverage.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mountain Dew in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mountain dew (“illegally distilled whiskey”). The correct English form is Mountain Dew, spelled M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -D-E-W.
Definition
- 1A brand of citrus-flavored, carbonated, heavily caffeinated beverage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mountain Dew appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In 1985 a Mountain Dew commercial started popping up on TV ....
It has become a signature of the Koffee Kup, as much as the flower boxes filled with geraniums and the classic Mountain Dew sign hanging off the front of the building
Etymology
From mountain dew (“illegally distilled whiskey”).
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.