muggle
mug·gle/ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/noun, verb
muggle is spelled M-U-G-G-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (mug·gle). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muggle means “Marijuana” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muggle is muggles.
How many letters and syllables are in muggle?
| Letters | 6: M-U-G-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mug·gle |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th 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 muggle?
Muggle appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 muggle?
- UK /ˈmʌɡl̩/
- US /ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/
Muggle has 2 syllables, split mug·gle in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-muggle.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of muggle
- muggles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- muggling participle, present
- muggled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does muggle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangMarijuana.
- 2
datedslangA marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- 3
datedslangA person who has no magical abilities.
- 4
datedslangA person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; also, a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider.
- 5
datedslangA person not involved in the pastime of geocaching.
noun
- 1
A person who has no magical abilities.
- 2
A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; (also) a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider or cowan.
This video game won’t appeal to muggles.
- 3
A person not involved in the pastime of geocaching.
verb
- 1
datedslangTo deface, destroy, or remove a geocache.
- 2
IrelandUKdatedslangOften followed by along: to live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way; to muddle along.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Muggle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who has no magical abilities:
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 muggle come from?
Origin unknown; first known to have come into use in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., in the mid-1920s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).