muffing
noun, verb
muffing is spelled M-U-F-F-I-N-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muffing means “The making of a mistake or gaffe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muffing is muffings.
How many letters and syllables are in muffing?
| Letters | 7: M-U-F-F-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 muffing?
Muffing appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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 muffing?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-muffing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of muffing
- muffings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does muffing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangThe making of a mistake or gaffe.
- 2
slangPenetration of the inguinal canal (e.g. with a finger, or by pushing the testicle back inside it) as a form of sexual activity among trans women and other people with testicles.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of muff
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Muffing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | muffing |
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 muffing come from?
In the sexual sense, popularized by Mira Bellwether's 2010 zine "Fucking Trans Women".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).