mussy
adjective, noun
mussy is spelled M-U-S-S-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mussy means “Having been mussed: messy, rumpled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mussy?
| Letters | 5: M-U-S-S-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th 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 mussy?
Mussy appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 mussy?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mussy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mussy
- mussier comparative
- mussiest superlative
- mussies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mussy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.
noun
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of mercy, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mussy come from?
From muss + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).