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muddler

UK /ˈmʌd.lə/noun

muddler is spelled M-U-D-D-L-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muddler means “A person or thing that muddles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muddler is muddlers.

How many letters and syllables are in muddler?

Letters7: M-U-D-D-L-E-R
Syllables2 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is muddler?

Muddler appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 muddler?

  • UK /ˈmʌd.lə/
  • UK /ˈmʌd.lɚ/

Muddler has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of muddler

  • muddlers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does muddler mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person or thing that muddles.

  2. 2

    A tool used in muddling, used to mash and mix.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does muddler come from?

From muddle + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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