mudge
/mʌd͡ʒ/
"mudge" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mudge” is uncommon English (frequency #76,139 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,139
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mud; sludge
Corpus desk
Index EN-mudge · mudge · English
mudge · rank #76,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,139
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH MSV
Nearest frequency peer: MSV (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “mudge”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- monseigneur
monseigneur
23,866 corpus weight
- mooning
mooning
23,865 corpus weight
- MSV
MSV
23,863 corpus weight
- mudge
mudge
23,862 corpus weight
- Mullingar
Mullingar
23,861 corpus weight
- myopathy
myopathy
23,856 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mudge” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mudge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mʌd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mudge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mudge is uncommon English at frequency #76,139 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mʌd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mud; sludge".
mudge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Possibly a blend of mud + sludge. From mid-19th c. The correct English form is mudge, spelled M-U-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1mud; sludge
Etymology
Possibly a blend of mud + sludge. From mid-19th c.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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