# mouth

> English word · Noun · IPA /maʊθ/ · frequency rank #1,569

## Definitions
1. The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
4. A loud or overly talkative person.
5. A gossip.
6. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
7. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
8. Speech; language; testimony.
9. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

## Etymology
From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”).
Cognate with Scots mooth (“mouth”), North Frisian mös, müs, Mür (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Luxembourgish Mond (“mouth”), Danish mund (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Norwegian munn (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”), Albanian mjekër (“chin, beard”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite [script needed] (mēni, “chin”). The verb is from Middle English mouthen, from the noun.

## Easily confused with
- **muh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-muh)
- **much** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-much)
- **myth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-myth)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-mute)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-mush)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-mutt)
- **mouths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-mouths)
- **mouthed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouth-vs-mouthed)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mou-vs-mouth)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mot-vs-mouth)
- **moh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moh-vs-mouth)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/most-vs-mouth)
- **math** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/math-vs-mouth)
- **meth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meth-vs-mouth)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moth-vs-mouth)
- **mont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mont-vs-mouth)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moto-vs-mouth)
- **moot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moot-vs-mouth)
- **moat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moat-vs-mouth)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mouth)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmouth`, `motuh`, `mouht`, `mouthh`, `moutth`, `muoth`, `omuth`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mouth