mouth off
"mouth-off" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mouth off” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mouth-off · mouth off · English
mouth off · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 off |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mouth off” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mouth off is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mouth off doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mouth + off. The correct English form is mouth off, spelled M-O-U-T-H- -O-F-F.
Definition
- 1To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.
- 2To talk impudently, especially to one's superior.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mouth off appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And don't you mouth off to me, or I'm gonna slap you right in your penis.
Etymology
From mouth + off.
Synonyms
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.