muckraker
noun
muckraker is spelled M-U-C-K-R-A-K-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muckraker means “One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muckraker is muckrakers.
How many letters and syllables are in muckraker?
| Letters | 9: M-U-C-K-R-A-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is muckraker?
Muckraker appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce muckraker?
Muckraker has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of muckraker
- muckrakers plural
- muck-raker
- muck raker
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does muckraker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USOne who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
- 2
USOne of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
- 3
UKderogatoryA sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Muckraker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Muckraker, investigativer Journalist |
| French | fouille-merde |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does muckraker come from?
From muck + raker. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, in which he likened the investigative journalist to ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, a character in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).