muntin
"muntin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muntin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muntin · muntin · English
muntin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | muntin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “muntin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
muntin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for muntin, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mountaunt, from Old French montant, present participle of monter (“to put up”). The correct English form is muntin, spelled M-U-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how muntin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He looked for a bell but there were just the wires hanging from a hole so he tapped on the glass of the sidelights. They gave soft and soundless in their lead muntins.
Etymology
From Middle English mountaunt, from Old French montant, present participle of monter (“to put up”).
Synonyms
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.