muti
/ˈmuːti/
"muti" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muti” is uncommon English (frequency #73,463 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,463
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traditional African medicine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muti · muti · English
muti · rank #73,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,463
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mycology
Nearest frequency peer: mycology (+1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “muti”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- MPV
MPV
26,542 corpus weight
- mulla
mulla
26,540 corpus weight
- muti
muti
26,538 corpus weight
- mycology
mycology
26,537 corpus weight
- ménage
ménage
26,536 corpus weight
- Nakagawa
Nakagawa
26,534 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “muti” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muti |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmuːti/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “muti” in English
Rare enough to double-check
muti is uncommon English at frequency #73,463 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmuːti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Traditional African medicine.".
muti doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Zulu umuthi (“shrub, tree, medicine”). The correct English form is muti, spelled M-U-T-I.
Definition
- 1Traditional African medicine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how muti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The witchdoctor shop with its muti, its vulture eggs, the skins and hair and nails and horns and unmentionable excretions, its useless whorl of incense; and the Indian owner glaring at one like a dark wooden mask.
Lekota's handing on a plate ammunition against himself, scrapping our genuine African herb medicine, Affirmative Action, that national muti.
Etymology
From Zulu umuthi (“shrub, tree, medicine”).
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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