mugging
/ˈmʌɡɪŋ/noun, verb
mugging is spelled M-U-G-G-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mugging means “A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mugging is muggings.
How many letters and syllables are in mugging?
| Letters | 7: M-U-G-G-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is mugging?
Mugging appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 mugging?
- /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/
Mugging has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-mugging.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mugging
- muggings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mugging mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of mug
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mugging in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Raubüberfall, Straßenraub, Überfall |
| Portuguese | assalto |
| Spanish | atraco, arrebatón |
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.