mouth music
"mouth-music" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mouth music” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The vocal imitation of instrumental music.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mouth-music · mouth music · English
mouth music · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | mouth music |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mouth music” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mouth music is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mouth music, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Scottish Gaelic puirt à beul (“tunes from a mouth”). The correct English form is mouth music, spelled M-O-U-T-H- -M-U-S-I-C.
Definition
- 1The vocal imitation of instrumental music.
- 2Words (or sometimes actions) that sound good but do not mean anything.
- 3Oral sex.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouth music appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She herself or one of the other crofter women of the townland would sing to us the mouth music.
‘Mouth music’ evolved in those parts of the country where poor people had no instruments but still wanted to dance.
Etymology
Calque of Scottish Gaelic puirt à beul (“tunes from a mouth”).
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.