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mutineer

noun, verb

mutineer is spelled M-U-T-I-N-E-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mutineer means “Someone who participates in mutiny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mutineer is mutineers.

How many letters and syllables are in mutineer?

Letters8: M-U-T-I-N-E-E-R
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is mutineer?

Mutineer appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 mutineer?

    Mutineer has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

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

    Forms of mutineer

    • mutineers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
    • mutineering participle, present
    • mutineered participle, past

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

    What does mutineer mean?

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

    noun

    1. 1

      Someone who participates in mutiny.

    verb

    1. 1

      To mutiny.

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

    Mutineer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense someone who participates in mutiny:

    LanguageWords
    Frenchmutin
    GermanMeuterer, Meuterin
    Portugueseamotinado
    Spanishamotinado

    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 mutineer come from?

    From French mutinier.

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

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