mouth-to-mouth
"mouth-to-mouth" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mouth-to-mouth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mouth-to-mouth · mouth-to-mouth · English
mouth-to-mouth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | mouth-to-mouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mouth-to-mouth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mouth-to-mouth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mouth-to-mouth doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is mouth-to-mouth, spelled M-O-U-T-H---T-O---M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
- 2Kissing, particularly French kissing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mouth-to-mouth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Press on her chest or give her mouth-to-mouth first? Since she'd been strangled, I decided to give her mouth-to-mouth.
“Welllllllllllll, maybe a little mouth-to mouth^([sic]) is in order,” as she flung her arms around Quirk's neck, pressed her firm, yet supple body against his and gave him a long, open mouthed kiss.
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.