munger
/ˈmʌŋə/
"munger" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“munger” is uncommon English (frequency #57,573 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,573
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who mungs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | munger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌŋə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “munger” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
munger is uncommon English at frequency #57,573 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmʌŋə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who mungs.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for munger, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mung + -er. The correct English form is munger, spelled M-U-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who mungs.
Etymology
From mung + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “munger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-U-N-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.