# mufti

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌfti/ · frequency rank #34,601

## Definitions
1. A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.
2. A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military or the police, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).

## Easily confused with
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mufti-vs-must)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mufti-vs-mute)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mufti-vs-mutt)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mufti-vs-muni)
- **multi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mufti-vs-multi)
- **musty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mufti-vs-musty)
- **muff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muff-vs-mufti)
- **muffin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muffin-vs-mufti)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mfuti`, `mmufti`, `muffti`, `mufit`, `muftti`, `mutfi`, `umfti`

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