# muff

> English word · Noun · IPA /mʌf/ · frequency rank #41,774

## Definitions
1. A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
2. The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
3. A woman or girl.
4. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
5. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
6. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.

## Etymology
Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).

## Easily confused with
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mum)
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mug)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mun)
- **muh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-muh)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-must)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mute)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-muse)
- **musk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-musk)
- **mule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mule)
- **mums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mums)
- **muir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-muir)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-musa)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mush)
- **mull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mull)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mutt)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-muni)
- **Munn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-munn)
- **mufti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mufti)
- **muffin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-muffin)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mu-vs-muff)

## Common misspellings (4)
`mfuf`, `mmuff`, `muf`, `umff`

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