mutism
/ˈmjuːtɪzəm/
"mutism" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mutism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mutism · mutism · English
mutism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mutism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmjuːtɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mutism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mutism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmjuːtɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mutism, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”), equivalent to mute + -ism. The correct English form is mutism, spelled M-U-T-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.
Etymology
From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”), equivalent to mute + -ism.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.