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mutant

mu·tant/ˈmju(t)n̩(t)/noun, adjective

mutant is spelled M-U-T-A-N-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (mu·tant). It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mutant means “That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mutant is mutants.

How many letters and syllables are in mutant?

Letters6: M-U-T-A-N-T
Syllables2: mu·tant
In writing4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is mutant?

Mutant appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th 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 mutant?

  • UK /ˈmjuːtənt/
  • US /ˈmju(t)n̩(t)/

Mutant has 2 syllables, split mu·tant in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mutant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with mutant?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mutant from its last stressed vowel (/un/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of mutant

  • mutants plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does mutant mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

  2. 2

    informalSomeone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

    Your neighbor seems to be a mutant; he’s so cringy!

  3. 3

    Synonym of mutex.

  4. 4

    A changed version of a program, developed as part of mutation testing.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

    mutant DNA

  2. 2

    informalStrange, abnormal, or bizarre.

    Your mutant brother just growled at me again!

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Mutant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmutant (something that has mutated)
GermanMutant, Mutantin, Mutante (something that has mutated), mutierend, mutiert (mutant: mutating, that has mutated)
Portuguesemutante (something that has mutated)
Spanishmutante (something that has mutated)

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 mutant come from?

From Latin mūtāns, present participle of mūtō. By surface analysis, muta- + -ant.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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