mugwort
/ˈmʌɡwɜːt/
"mugwort" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mugwort” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The plant Artemisia vulgaris, family Asteraceae, native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mugwort · mugwort · English
mugwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mugwort |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌɡwɜːt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mugwort” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mugwort is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmʌɡwɜːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mugwort, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz. The correct English form is mugwort, spelled M-U-G-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1The plant Artemisia vulgaris, family Asteraceae, native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
- 2Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mugwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.
Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day.
Etymology
From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.