muted

adj

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"muted" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“muted” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,759
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not expressed strongly or openly; subdued and understated

Corpus desk

Index EN-muted · muted · English

muted · rank #16,759 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,759
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH muster

Nearest frequency peer: muster (-2 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “muted”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “muted” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

muted vs mutt
60% similar
muted vs mutter
67% similar
muted vs MUD
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for muted
PropertyValue
Headwordmuted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,759
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “muted”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).mutedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “muster” (#16,757), “noodle” (#16,761), “Mozart” (#16,756). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “muted” is #16,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around muted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,759 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for muted, with forms such as "mmuted", "mtued", and "muetd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mutt", "mutter", "MUD", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is muted, spelled M-U-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not expressed strongly or openly; subdued and understated
  2. 2
    Quiet or soft.
  3. 3
    Subdued.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how muted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. muted criticism

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmuted
  • mtued
  • muetd
  • mutde
  • mutedd
  • mutted
  • umted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of muted - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmuted1mtued2muetd2mutde2mutedd1mutted1umted2
Edit distance from "muted"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muted"?
"muted" is spelled M-U-T-E-D.
What does "muted" mean?
As an adjective, "muted" means: Not expressed strongly or openly; subdued and understated
What words are commonly confused with "muted"?
"muted" is commonly confused with "mutt", "mutter", "MUD". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "muted" come from?
"muted" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "muted", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

morrow7 variantsrotor7 variantsfroze7 variantsfiller7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list